Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 24, 2025 (Third Point Capital Markets LLC).
Term ends Jan 16, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 11, 2030
Held by Genova Diagnostics, Inc.
Filed Oct 11, 2010 as application 12/901,967 · Granted Sep 24, 2013
Base term plus 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 11, 2010
Oct 11, 2010
Term ends
Jan 16, 2031
Jan 16, 2031
Granted
Sep 24, 2013
Sep 24, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
97
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
4
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 97 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Oct 11, 2010, when this application, 12/901,967, was filed | Oct 11, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +97 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 16, 2031 | 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 | Jan 16, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,541,180 | this patent Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| Application 13/614,888 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/245,841 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/626,419 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 7, 2010 Reel 25464, frame 349 | Hanaway, Patrick; Ledford, Jeffrey | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 17, 2013 Reel 30629, frame 317 | Genova Diagnostics, Inc.; Diagnostics Security Holders, LLC | Fifth Third Bank | Security Agreement |
| Nov 13, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Fifth Third Bank | Diagnostics Security Holders, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 13, 2013 Reel 31629, frame 704 | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Bank Of Montreal, As Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Nov 13, 2013 Reel 31595, frame 924 | Fifth Third Bank | Genova Diagnostics, Inc.; Diagnostics Security Holders, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 18, 2013 Reel 31664, frame 789 | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Gnva Debt Holdco, LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Nov 13, 2018 Reel 47511, frame 383 | Gnva Debt Holdco, LLC | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Release of the Security Interest Recorded at Reel/Frame 031664/0789 |
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54228, frame 81 | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Gnva Debt Holdco 2, LLC | Second Lien Patent Security Agreement |
| Dec 24, 2025 Reel 73311, frame 599 | Gnva Debt Holdco 2, LLC | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 24, 2025 Reel 73311, frame 767 | Bank of Montreal | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Dec 24, 2025 Reel 73312, frame 271 | Genova Diagnostics, Inc. | Third Point Capital Markets LLC, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2031
Term ends Jan 16, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 97 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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