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Methods for Nucleic Acid Sequencing

US 12,655,467 In force
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Term ends Nov 12, 2035 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Mar 20, 2024 as application 18/611,338 · Granted Jun 16, 2026
Base term plus 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Aug 7, 2015
Term ends
Nov 12, 2035
Granted
Jun 16, 2026
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
97
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
5
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 97 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 7, 2015, when application 14/821,688, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2024); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 7, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+97 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 12, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 12, 2035Medium confidence

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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
Sep 26, 2024
Reel 68708, frame 679
Rothberg, Jonathan M.; Lackey, Jeremy; Reed, Brian; Shi, Xinghua; Huang, HaidongQuantum-Si IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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