Also listed on Genewave, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2026 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Dec 28, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 28, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Gen-Probe Incorporated
Filed Aug 9, 2022 as application 17/818,637 · Granted Oct 15, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2011
Dec 28, 2011
Term ends
Dec 28, 2031
Dec 28, 2031
Granted
Oct 15, 2024
Oct 15, 2024
base term
Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How we calculated this date
One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 28, 2011, when application PCT/FR2011/053208, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 9, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 28, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 28, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 10,184,891 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 11,415,514 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 12,429,422 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| Application 17/818,612 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,117,397 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2022 Reel 61961, frame 505 | Weisbuch, Claude; Martinelli, Lucio; Benisty, Henri; Schafauer, Christof; Sagarzazu, Gabriel; Gacoin, Thierry; Bedu, Mélanie | Genewave | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68489, frame 104 | Genewave SAS | Mobibiag Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2024 Reel 68489, frame 114 | Mobidiag Oy | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2026 Reel 75462, frame 440 | Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2026 Reel 75926, frame 339 | Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 28, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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