Term ends no later than Dec 10, 2028 · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2027
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Cepheid
Filed Dec 22, 2020 as application 17/130,394 · Granted Oct 22, 2024
Base term plus 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2007
Apr 30, 2007
Ends no later than
Dec 10, 2028
Dec 10, 2028
Granted
Oct 22, 2024
Oct 22, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
590
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
5
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 runs 590 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 30, 2007, when application 11/742,028, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2020); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 30, 2027 | 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 | +590 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 10, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 10, 2028 | Low confidence |
This family
| US 8,900,828 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2007/067895 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,873,909 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 10,907,202 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 12,123,052 | this patent no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2024 Reel 67052, frame 625 | Smith, Joseph H.; Persing, David H.; Wortman, Alan; Chang, Ronald; Swenson, David | Cepheid | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2024 Reel 67848, frame 87 | Smith, Joseph H.; Persing, David H.; Wortman, Alan; Chang, Ronald; Swenson, David | Cepheid | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends no later than Dec 10, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 10, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2024 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.