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Use of Dextramer in Single Cell Analysis

US 12,781,277 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Immudex APS, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends no later than Oct 27, 2042 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Nov 19, 2021 as application 17/531,555 · Granted Nov 3, 2026
Base term plus 342 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2042
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2021
Ends no later than
Oct 27, 2042
Granted
Nov 3, 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
342
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
5
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 342 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 19, 2021, when this application, 17/531,555, was filedNov 19, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+342 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 27, 2042High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Oct 27, 2042Medium confidence

This family

Application 63/116,571Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 63/225,301Pending
not computed
not computed
Application 63/241,486Provisional application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2021/060197PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 12,781,277this patent
no later than Oct 2042
no later than Oct 2042
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Nov 19, 2021
Reel 58170, frame 605
Sakofsky, Cynthia; Lazaruk, Katherine; Nakamoto, Margaret; Jensen, Devon JosephBecton, Dickinson And CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2021
Reel 58170, frame 636
Jacobsen, Kivin DahlImmudex APS; Becton, Dickinson And CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jacobsen, Kivin DahlImmudex APSAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 19, 2021
reel/frame not recorded
Jacobsen, Kivin DahlBecton, Dickinson And CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 13, 2026
Reel 76465, frame 155
Becton, Dickinson And CompanyAugusta Spinco CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2026
Reel 76656, frame 452
Becton, Dickinson And CompanyAugusta Spinco CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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