Term ends Sep 20, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 20, 2031
Held by Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Sep 20, 2011 as application 13/237,124 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2011
Sep 20, 2011
Term ends
Sep 20, 2031
Sep 20, 2031
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 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.
19
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Sep 20, 2011, when this application, 13/237,124, was filed | Sep 20, 2031 | 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 | Sep 20, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,217,522 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
| US 7,407,757 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 7,393,665 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2006/003688 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/003689 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,148,068 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,168,385 | Term ended Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,481,292 | this patent Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
8 of 19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 2, 2011 Reel 27317, frame 407 | Casbon, James; Brenner, Sydney; Osborne, Robert; Lichtenstein, Conrad | Population Genetics Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 7, 2012 Reel 28168, frame 355 | Claas, Andreas | Population Genetics Technologies Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 43916, frame 373 | Agilent Technologies Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd. | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2017 Reel 44255, frame 534 | Population Genetics Technologies Ltd. | Agilent Technologies Singapore Holdings Pte. Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Sep 2031
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Citations
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