Term ends Jan 18, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 28, 2024
Held by Agensys, Inc.
Filed May 28, 2004 as application 10/857,484 · Granted Nov 24, 2009
Base term plus 1330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2028
Clock starts
May 28, 2004
May 28, 2004
Term ends
Jan 18, 2028
Jan 18, 2028
Granted
Nov 24, 2009
Nov 24, 2009
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
1,330
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.
11
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 1330 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 May 28, 2004, when this application, 10/857,484, was filed | May 28, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1330 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 18, 2028 | 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 | Jan 18, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2004/017231 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,622,564 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 7,595,379 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2017 | Sep 2017 |
| Application PCT/US2005/017412 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/005693 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,541,442 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,013,128 | Term ended no later than Oct 2024 | no later than Oct 2024 |
| US 8,206,932 | Term ended no later than Apr 2025 | no later than Apr 2025 |
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2005 Reel 16491, frame 524 | Ge, Wangmao; Jakobovits, Aya; Raitano, Arthur B.; Challita-eid, Pia M. | Agensys, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1330 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.