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Detection of Bacterial Contamination in a Sample

US 9,103,788 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Aperture Bio, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Apr 25, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 30, 2012 as application 13/691,511 · Granted Aug 11, 2015
Base term plus 146 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2012
Term ends
Apr 25, 2033
Granted
Aug 11, 2015
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
146
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
2
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 146 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 30, 2012, when this application, 13/691,511, was filedNov 30, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+146 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 25, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 25, 2033High confidence

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US 9,103,788this patent
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 5, 2012
Reel 29409, frame 516
Moskal, Thaddeus John, JR.Vivione Biosciences, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 22, 2013
Reel 29672, frame 291
Wilkes, Jon G.; Buzatu, Dan; Tucker, RandalThe United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human ServicesAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 15, 2018
Reel 47237, frame 431
Vivione Biosciences, LLCAperture Bio, LLCChange of Name
Nov 7, 2022
Reel 61885, frame 627
Aperture Bio, LLC; Scion Advisors, LLCRenascent Diagnostic, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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