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Method for the Rapid Diagnosis of Targets in Human Body Fluids

US 7,723,124 Term ended
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Term ended Feb 9, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Feb 9, 2005 as application 11/052,748 · Granted May 25, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Feb 9, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2005
Term ended
Feb 9, 2025
Granted
May 25, 2010
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
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
74
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 9, 2005, when this application, 11/052,748, was filedFeb 9, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 9, 2025High confidence

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US 7,723,124this patent
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Application 11/224,298Abandoned
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Application 11/698,053Abandoned
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Application 12/469,207Abandoned
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US 8,470,608In force
May 2031
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US 8,669,052Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2018
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US 8,614,101In force
Jun 2031
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Application PCT/US2009/050653PCT application
no patent term
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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
Feb 9, 2005
Reel 16259, frame 68
Aberl, Franz; Scheibenzuber, Marcus; Sambursky, Robert P.; Vandine, Robert W.; Sambursky, Jose S.Rapid Pathogen Screening Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 10, 2014
Reel 33929, frame 786
Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.Ros Acquisition Offshore LPSecurity Interest
Jun 27, 2017
Reel 42829, frame 532
Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.Quidel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 6, 2017
Reel 44141, frame 686
Quidel CorporationBank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 23, 2017
Reel 43926, frame 997
Rapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.Quidel CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 20, 2018
Reel 47834, frame 367
Ros Acquisition Offshore LPRapid Pathogen Screening, Inc.Release of Security Interest
May 31, 2022
Reel 60220, frame 711
Quidel Corporation; Biohelix Corporation; Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.; Quidel Cardiovascular Inc.; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.; Crimson U.S. Assets LLC; Crimson International Assets LLC; Micro Typing Systems, Inc.Bank Of America, N.a.Security Agreement
May 31, 2022
Reel 60220, frame 649
Bank Of America, N.a.Quidel CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Aug 15, 2024
Reel 68657, frame 827
Quidel CorporationOrtho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 22, 2025
Reel 72577, frame 536
Bank Of America, N.a.Quidel Corporation; Biohelix Corporation; Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.; Quidel Cardiovascular Inc.; Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.; Crimson U.S. Assets LLC; Crimson International Assets LLC; Micro Typing Systems, Inc.Release (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Quidel CorporationRelease (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Biohelix CorporationRelease (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Diagnostic Hybrids, Inc.Release (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Quidel Cardiovascular Inc.Release (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.Release (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Crimson U.S. Assets LLCRelease (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Crimson International Assets LLCRelease (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)
Aug 22, 2025
reel/frame not recorded
Bank Of America, N.a.Micro Typing Systems, Inc.Release (REEL 060220 / Frame 0711)

Sources

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