Term ends Nov 9, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2032
Held by Tepha, Inc.
Filed Mar 7, 2012 as application 13/413,770 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term plus 247 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2012
Mar 7, 2012
Term ends
Nov 9, 2032
Nov 9, 2032
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
247
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.
7
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 247 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 Mar 7, 2012, when this application, 13/413,770, was filed | Mar 7, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +247 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 9, 2032 | 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 | Nov 9, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,858,629 | this patent Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,277,986 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,585,744 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,258,460 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 10,765,507 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 11,744,696 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| Application 18/355,061 | Pending 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2012 Reel 28453, frame 546 | Galatea Corp. | Tepha Acquisition Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 12, 2012 Reel 28538, frame 748 | Moses, Arikha; Stires, Emily; Natale, Anthony | Galatea Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 7, 2012 Reel 28923, frame 268 | Tepha Acquisition Corp. | Galatea Corp. | Change of Name |
| Mar 10, 2014 Reel 32391, frame 943 | Galatea Corporation | Tepha, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 23, 2020 Reel 54224, frame 693 | Tepha, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 5, 2023 Reel 65156, frame 223 | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Tepha, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2032
Term ends Nov 9, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 247 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
117
later US patents cite this one
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