Term ends Apr 28, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 25, 2037
Held by Universität Basel
Filed Sep 20, 2022 as application 17/948,313 · Granted Jul 22, 2025
Base term plus 368 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2017
2038
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2017
Apr 25, 2017
Term ends
Apr 28, 2038
Apr 28, 2038
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Jul 22, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
368
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,499,168, to Apr 28, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
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 368 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 25, 2017, when application PCT/EP2017/059799, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 20, 2022) | Apr 25, 2037 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +368 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 28, 2038 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,499,168) | resolves to Apr 28, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 28, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,499,168 | In force Nov 2038 | Nov 2038 |
| US 12,365,922 | this patent Apr 2038 | Apr 2038 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2025 Reel 70962, frame 207 | Kornete, Mara; Jeker, Lukas | Universität Basel | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Apr 2038
Term ends Apr 28, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 368 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,499,168, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.