Term ended Oct 24, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 22, 2026
Held by Champalimaud Foundation
Filed May 22, 2006 as application 11/438,789 · Granted Oct 6, 2009
Base term plus 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Term ended Oct 24, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 22, 2006
May 22, 2006
Term ended
Oct 24, 2026
Oct 24, 2026
Granted
Oct 6, 2009
Oct 6, 2009
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
155
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.
3
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 155 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
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 May 22, 2006, when this application, 11/438,789, was filed | May 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +155 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 24, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 24, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,599,893 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,093,012 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| Application 12/583,010 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Assignments
The 40 most recent of 58 recorded documents are shown; the 18 earliest are not. 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 9, 2010 Reel 24946, frame 493 | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI, L.P.; Atlas Venture Fund VI GmbH & Co. KG; Atlas Venture Entrepreneurs' Fund VI, L.P.; Sprout Entrepreneurs Fund, L.p.; Sprout Capital Ix, L.p.; DLJ Capital Corp.; Sprout IX Plan Investors, L.P.; Pfizer Inc.; Mintz Levin Investments LLC; Iniciativas Digitales; Inversiones Vecu 2006, S.L.; Lealtad Desarrollo, S.C.R., S.A.; Ipetex S.A.; Cantabria De Activos, S.l.; Corporacion Masaveu, S.a.; Perez De Arminan, Alfredo; Fernandez De Villavicencio, Gabriel Stamoglou; Fernandez De Villavicencio, Alejandro Stamoglou | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI GmbH & Co. KG | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Entrepreneurs' Fund VI, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout Entrepreneurs Fund, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout Capital Ix, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | DLJ Capital Corp. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout IX Plan Investors, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Mintz Levin Investments LLC | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Iniciativas Digitales | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Inversiones Vecu 2006, S.L. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Lealtad Desarrollo, S.C.R., S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Ipetex S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Cantabria De Activos, S.l. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Corporacion Masaveu, S.a. | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Perez De Arminan, Alfredo | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Fernandez De Villavicencio, Gabriel Stamoglou | Security Agreement |
| Aug 9, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Fernandez De Villavicencio, Alejandro Stamoglou | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 Reel 25178, frame 899 | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI GmbH & Co. KG; Atlas Venture Fund VI, L.P.; Atlas Venture Entrepreneurs' Fund VI, L.P.; Pfizer Inc.; Mintz Levin Investments LLC; Sprout Capital Ix, L.p.; DLJ Capital Corp.; Sprout Entrepreneurs Fund, L.p.; Sprout IX Plan Investors, L.P.; Cantabria De Activos, S.l.; Corporacion Masaveu, S.a.; Iniciativas Digitales; Ipetex S.A.; Inversiones Vecu 2006, S.L.; Lealtad Desarrollo, S.C.R., S.A.; Bassetti, Marco; C+pa-Cimento e Produtos Associados, S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI GmbH & Co. KG | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Fund VI, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Atlas Venture Entrepreneurs' Fund VI, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Pfizer Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Mintz Levin Investments LLC | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout Capital Ix, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | DLJ Capital Corp. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout Entrepreneurs Fund, L.p. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Sprout IX Plan Investors, L.P. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Cantabria De Activos, S.l. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Corporacion Masaveu, S.a. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Iniciativas Digitales | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Ipetex S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Inversiones Vecu 2006, S.L. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Lealtad Desarrollo, S.C.R., S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | Bassetti, Marco | Security Agreement |
| Oct 25, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | C+pa-Cimento e Produtos Associados, S.A. | Security Agreement |
| Jan 9, 2012 Reel 27502, frame 828 | Aureon Biosciences, Inc. | David Sans | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 21, 2012 Reel 28244, frame 77 | Aureon, Inc. | Champalimaud Foundation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 22, 2012 Reel 28252, frame 442 | Aureon (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC | Aureon, Inc. | This Is to Correct Errors in a Cover Sheet Previously Recorded (Reel/Frame 027502/0828): Correction of the Assignor's Name to Aureon (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC.; Correction of the Assignee's Name to Aureon, Inc. |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 155 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
59
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2009 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
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