Term ended no later than Nov 27, 2024 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Sep 10, 2024
Held by Labrador Diagnostics LLC
Filed Aug 12, 2005 as application 11/202,231 · Granted Jun 19, 2012
Base term plus 78 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Ended no later than Nov 27, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Sep 10, 2004
Sep 10, 2004
Ended no later than
Nov 27, 2024
Nov 27, 2024
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012
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
78
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
31
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 78 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 Sep 10, 2004, when application 10/937,872, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 12, 2005) | Sep 10, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +78 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 27, 2024 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Nov 27, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,291,497 | Term ended Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,101,402 | Term ended May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 8,202,697 | this patent no later than Nov 2024 | no later than Nov 2024 |
| US 8,679,407 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,841,076 | Term ended Mar 2026 | Mar 2026 |
| US 7,888,125 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 7,635,594 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| Application 11/389,410 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 31 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2006 Reel 17056, frame 770 | Holmes, Elizabeth | Theranos, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2017 Reel 44838, frame 909 | Theranos Inc. | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2017 Reel 44839, frame 568 | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Fortress Credit Corp. | Security Interest |
| Jan 16, 2018 Reel 45101, frame 315 | Theranos, Inc. | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 7, 2020 Reel 52329, frame 716 | Theranos IP Company LLC | Labrador Diagnostics LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 78 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Nov 27, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
346
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.