Term ends Mar 1, 2039 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 1, 2039
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Tepha, Inc.
Filed Oct 18, 2024 as application 18/920,828 · Granted May 5, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2019
2039
Clock starts
Mar 1, 2019
Mar 1, 2019
Term ends
Mar 1, 2039
Mar 1, 2039
Granted
May 5, 2026
May 5, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
9
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 3 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 Mar 1, 2019, when application 16/290,718, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 18, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 1, 2039 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 1, 2039 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 16/290,718 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,151,050 | In force Mar 2042 | Mar 2042 |
| Application 17/006,705 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/006,710 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 10,994,057 | In force Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
| US 11,844,879 | In force Jul 2039 | Jul 2039 |
| Application 17/497,800 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 12,616,780 | this patent Mar 2039 | Mar 2039 |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2025 Reel 69981, frame 792 | Williams, Simon F.; Rizk, Said; Martin, David P.; Limem, Skander; Guo, Kai; Hohl Lopez, German Oswaldo | Tepha, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2026 Reel 74669, frame 694 | Williams, Simon F.; Rizk, Said; Martin, David P.; Limem, Skander; Guo, Kai; Hohl, German Oswaldo, Lopez; Ganatra, Amit | Tepha, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data Previously Recorded at Reel: 69981 Frame: 792. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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Mar 2039
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