Term ends May 9, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 20, 2033
Held by Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc.
Filed Jul 12, 2022 as application 17/863,302 · Granted Sep 22, 2026
Base term plus 354 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
May 20, 2013
May 20, 2013
Term ends
May 9, 2034
May 9, 2034
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
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
354
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 11,404,142, to May 9, 2034. 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.
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 354 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 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 May 20, 2013, when application 13/898,239, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2022) | May 20, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +354 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 9, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,404,142) | resolves to May 9, 2034, 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 | May 9, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,289,800 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| US 11,404,142 | In force Oct 2034 | Oct 2034 |
| US 12,744,106 | this patent May 2034 | May 2034 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 9, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 354 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 11,404,142, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
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
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.