Term ends Sep 25, 2031 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 25, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Labrador Diagnostics LLC
Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/244,947 · Granted May 7, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2011
Sep 25, 2011
Term ends
Sep 25, 2031
Sep 25, 2031
Granted
May 7, 2013
May 7, 2013
base term
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.
84
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 25, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/051388, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Sep 25, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Sep 25, 2031 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/051388 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/053188 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2011/053189 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,664,702 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,435,738 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 8,380,541 | In force no later than Sep 2031 | no later than Sep 2031 |
| US 9,632,102 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,268,915 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 84 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 2012 Reel 28337, frame 585 | Holmes, Elizabeth A. | 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 3, 2020 Reel 52313, frame 11 | Theranos IP Company, LLC | Labrador Diagnostics LLC | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Sep 2031
Term ends Sep 25, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
238
later US patents cite this one
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