Also listed on Applera Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 22, 2025
Held by Applied Biosystems, LLC
Filed Aug 22, 2005 as application 11/208,970 · Granted Jun 17, 2008
Base term plus 469 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2026
Clock starts
Aug 22, 2005
Aug 22, 2005
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
Jun 17, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
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
469
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.
2
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 469 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 22, 2005, when this application, 11/208,970, was filed | Aug 22, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +469 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,388,664 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2006/031347 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 2005 Reel 16913, frame 904 | Oldham, Mark F. | Applera Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2008 Reel 21976, frame 1 | Applied Biosystems, LLC | Bank of America, N.A, as Collateral Agent | Security Agreement |
| Feb 26, 2010 Reel 23994, frame 538 | Applera Corporation | Applied Biosystems Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 26, 2010 Reel 23994, frame 587 | Applied Biosystems Inc. | Applied Biosystems, LLC | Merger |
| Apr 9, 2013 Reel 30182, frame 677 | Bank Of America, N.a. | Applied Biosystems, Inc. | Lien Release |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 469 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2008 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.