Term ends Jul 7, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 7, 2029
Filed Mar 28, 2011 as application 13/002,910 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2009
Jul 7, 2009
Term ends
Jul 7, 2029
Jul 7, 2029
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 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.
14
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: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 7, 2009, when application PCT/IB2009/006596, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 28, 2011) | Jul 7, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 | Jul 7, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/831,128 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,387,260 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,096,868 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| US 8,367,348 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 |
| US 8,247,182 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 8,460,888 | this patent Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,201,076 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
| Application 13/889,668 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Rougeon, Francois; Bourgeois, Jean-pierre; Lafaye, Pierre | Institut Pasteur | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2011 reel/frame not recorded | Rougeon, Francois; Bourgeois, Jean-pierre; Lafaye, Pierre | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 28, 2011 Reel 26033, frame 295 | Lafaye, Pierre; Bourgeois, Jean-pierre; Rougeon, Francois | Institut Pasteur; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Jul 2029
Term ends Jul 7, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
27
later US patents cite this one
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