Term ends Mar 7, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2032
Held by Theranova, LLC
Filed Mar 20, 2024 as application 18/610,847 · Granted Dec 30, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2012
Mar 7, 2012
Term ends
Mar 7, 2032
Mar 7, 2032
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Dec 30, 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,241,179, US 11,963,773, to Mar 7, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 1 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 Mar 7, 2012, when application 13/414,011, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2024) | Mar 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,241,179, US 11,963,773) | resolves to Mar 7, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Mar 7, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,655,555 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,241,179 | In force May 2033 | May 2033 |
| US 11,963,773 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 12,507,929 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| Application 19/415,306 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 21, 2024 Reel 68956, frame 403 | Burnett, Daniel R. | Theranova, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 7, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,241,179, US 11,963,773, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.