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Enterococcus antigens and vaccines

US 6,756,361 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 29, 2016 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant Nabi · find this owner
Filed Oct 14, 1997 as application 08/949,757 · Granted Jun 29, 2004
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1135 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 29, 2016
1997 2026
Clock starts
Oct 14, 1997
No longer in force
Jun 29, 2016
Granted
Jun 29, 2004
Term would have run to
Nov 22, 2020
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events 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
1,135
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 Oct 14, 1997, when this application, 08/949,757, was filedOct 14, 2017High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1135 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 22, 2020High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 29, 2016High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 29, 2016From the USPTO record

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