Also listed on Aptuit, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Oct 5, 2042 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 4, 2042
Held by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
Filed Dec 19, 2023 as application 18/572,042 · Granted Oct 13, 2026
Base term plus 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2042
Clock starts
Jul 4, 2022
Jul 4, 2022
Term ends
Oct 5, 2042
Oct 5, 2042
Granted
Oct 13, 2026
Oct 13, 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
93
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.
2
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 93 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 Jul 4, 2022, when application PCT/EP2022/068421, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2023) | Jul 4, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +93 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 5, 2042 | 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 | Oct 5, 2042 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,759,981 | this patent Oct 2042 | Oct 2042 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2024 Reel 67907, frame 779 | Bäurle, Stefan, DR.; Lerchen, Hans-Georg, DR.; Olenik, Britta, DR.; Levilain, Guillaume, DR.; Keil, Birgit; Dworacek, Sylvia; Rottmann, Antje, DR.; Rotgeri, Andrea, DR. | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71063, frame 732 | Aptuit (Oxford) Ltd. | Bayer Aktiengesellschaft | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2025 Reel 71224, frame 93 | Melling, Robert Craig | Aptuit (Oxford) Ltd., an Evotec Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2042
Term ends Oct 5, 2042. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
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