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Method and process for the production of collagen preparations from invertebrate marine animals and compositions thereof

US 6,916,910 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 18, 2015 · From the USPTO record

Named at grant Bio Science Co., Ltd. · find this owner
Filed Nov 28, 2001 as application 09/999,262 · Granted Jul 12, 2005
Base term plus 215 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 18, 2015
1995 2026
Clock starts
Mar 17, 1995
Term ended
Oct 18, 2015
Granted
Jul 12, 2005
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
215
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 Mar 17, 1995, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Nov 28, 2001)Mar 17, 2015High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+215 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 18, 2015High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 18, 2015From the USPTO record

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