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Mutant Fragments of Ospa and Methods and Uses Relating Thereto

US 12,195,501 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 20, 2025 (Biopharma Credit PLC).

Term ends Mar 14, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 2, 2021 as application 17/517,477 · Granted Jan 14, 2025
Base term plus 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2013
Term ends
Mar 14, 2033
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
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
450
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,926,343.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
10
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 450 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 14, 2013, when application 13/802,991, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 2, 2021)Mar 14, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+450 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 7, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,926,343)capped to Mar 14, 2033High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 14, 2033High confidence

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US 8,986,704In force
Mar 2033
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Application 14/412,722Abandoned
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Application 14/623,681Abandoned
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US 9,926,343In force
Mar 2033
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US 10,544,194In force
Mar 2033
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US 11,208,439In force
Mar 2033
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US 11,466,058In force
Mar 2033
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US 12,195,501this patent
Mar 2033
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8 of 10 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 2, 2022
Reel 59709, frame 308
Intercell AGIntercell Austria AGAsset Transfer Agreement
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59158, frame 423
Comstedt, Pär; Hanner, Markus; Lundberg, Urban; Meinke, Andreas; Schueler, Wolfgang; Wizel, BenjaminIntercell AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59312, frame 743
Intercell Austria AGValneva Austria GmbHChange of Name
Mar 3, 2022
Reel 59315, frame 792
Intercell AGIntercell Austria AGAsset Transfer Agreement
Jan 19, 2024
Reel 66182, frame 174
Valneva SE; Valneva Austria GmbH; Valneva USA, Inc.; Valneva Sweden ABWilmington Trust, National AssociationSecurity Interest
Oct 20, 2025
Reel 73164, frame 32
Valneva Austria GmbH; Valneva SE; Valneva Sweden ABBiopharma Credit PLC, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Nov 10, 2025
Reel 73516, frame 522
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentValneva Austria GmbH; Valneva SE; Valneva USA, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 10, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentValneva Austria GmbHRelease of Security Interest
Nov 10, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentValneva SERelease of Security Interest
Nov 10, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Administrative AgentValneva USA, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 31, 2026
Reel 75335, frame 609
Valneva Austria GmbH; Valneva SE; Valneva Sweden ABBiopharma Credit PLC, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement
Jun 4, 2026
Reel 75803, frame 558
Valneva Austria GmbH; Valneva SE; Valneva Sweden ABBiopharma Credit PLC, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Patent Security Agreement

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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