Also listed on Mobidiag Oy, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2026 (Royal Bank of Canada).
Term ends Jan 1, 2043 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 24, 2041
Held by Gen-Probe Incorporated
Filed May 17, 2023 as application 18/037,543 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
Base term plus 403 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2021
2043
Clock starts
Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
Term ends
Jan 1, 2043
Jan 1, 2043
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Aug 25, 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
403
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 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 403 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Nov 24, 2021, when application PCT/FI2021/050805, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2023) | Nov 24, 2041 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +403 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 1, 2043 | 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 | Jan 1, 2043 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,716,088 | this patent Jan 2043 | Jan 2043 |
| Application 19/703,485 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2023 Reel 65585, frame 422 | Niinivaara, Anne; Saharinen, Juha; Kirveskari, Juha | Mobidiag Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 15, 2025 Reel 70843, frame 37 | Mobidiag Oy | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 8, 2026 Reel 75462, frame 440 | Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc. | Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 8, 2026 Reel 75926, frame 339 | Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc. | Citibank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2043
Term ends Jan 1, 2043. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 403 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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
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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.