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Humanised antibodies

US 7,566,771 Surrendered on reissue
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Surrendered on reissue Oct 26, 2021 · From the USPTO record

Surrendered on reissue Oct 26, 2021 · its term and maintenance fees continue in US RE48,787 and US RE50,178.

Named at grant Celltech R&D Limited · find this owner
Filed Jun 7, 1995 as application 08/485,686 · Granted Jul 28, 2009
Base term, 17 years from grant or 20 from filing, whichever is later
Today
Surrendered Oct 26, 2021
1991 2026
Clock starts
Sep 17, 1991
No longer in force
Oct 26, 2021
Granted
Jul 28, 2009
Term would have run to
Jul 28, 2026
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Fees paid on this patent before its reissue. Those after fall due on the reissue, which carries the term on.

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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, the 1995 transition ruleGranted Jul 28, 2009 + 17 years, or clock starts Sep 17, 1991 + 20 years, whichever is later; a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jul 28, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNo term adjustment record on a grant after 2005, so none is addedno changeMedium confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidno changeHigh confidence
ReissueUS RE48,787 and US RE50,178 issued Oct 26, 2021, and this patent's term continues in it (35 U.S.C. 251, 252)surrendered Oct 26, 2021High confidence
Surrendered on reissueThe steps above, in orderOct 26, 2021From the USPTO record

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