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Vaccine compositions and method of modulating immune responses

US 6,632,436 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Oct 14, 2015 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Genitrix LLC · find this owner
Filed Feb 21, 2001 as application 09/790,317 · Granted Oct 14, 2003
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Oct 14, 2015
1997 2026
Clock starts
Jan 24, 1997
No longer in force
Oct 14, 2015
Granted
Oct 14, 2003
Term would have run to
Jan 24, 2017
base term after the term ends fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 24, 1997, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Feb 21, 2001); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jan 24, 2017High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Oct 14, 2015High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2015From the USPTO record

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