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Yeast Expression Vector and a Method of Making a Recombinant Protein by Expression in a Yeast Cell

US 7,445,775 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 17, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Oxurion N.V.
Filed Dec 8, 2003 as application 10/450,976 · Granted Nov 4, 2008
Base term plus 1045 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 17, 2026
2001 2026
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2001
Term ended
Oct 17, 2026
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
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
1,045
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
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This patent's term runs 1045 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 20, 2001, when application PCT/BE2001/000217, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2003)Dec 20, 2021High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1045 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 30, 2024High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extension+717 days, USPTO 35 U.S.C. 156 certificateadded to Oct 30, 2024: Oct 17, 2026High confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 17, 2026High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 29, 2003
Reel 14631, frame 698
Collen, Desire Jose; Nagai, Nubuo; Laroche, YvesThromb-X N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2010
Reel 24601, frame 107
Thromb-X N.V.Thrombogenics N.V.Merger
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 49255, frame 733
Thrombogenics N.V.Oxurion N.V.Change of Name

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