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Methods of Diagnosing and Treating Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO) and Sibo-Related Conditions

US 7,048,906 Term ended
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Term ended Jan 11, 2017 · From the USPTO record

Held by Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Filed Apr 17, 2001 as application 09/837,797 · Granted May 23, 2006
Base term plus 605 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jan 11, 2017
1995 2026
Clock starts
May 17, 1995
Term ended
Jan 11, 2017
Granted
May 23, 2006
base term patent term adjustment 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
605
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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 May 17, 1995, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 17, 2001); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 17, 2015High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+605 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJan 11, 2017High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 11, 2017From the USPTO record

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