Term ends Oct 31, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2032
Held by Bionomics Inc.
Filed Apr 29, 2014 as application 14/355,177 · Granted Dec 29, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2012
Oct 31, 2012
Term ends
Oct 31, 2032
Oct 31, 2032
Granted
Dec 29, 2015
Dec 29, 2015
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,598,653, US 9,220,774, US 9,221,907, to Oct 31, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
3
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 31, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/062861, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 29, 2014) | Oct 31, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,598,653, US 9,220,774, US 9,221,907) | resolves to Oct 31, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 31, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/062861 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,221,906 | this patent Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
| US 10,196,442 | In force Oct 2032 | Oct 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 2015 Reel 36251, frame 931 | Tan, Xiangyang; Yang, Weixing; Graff, Christilyn | Eclipse Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 6, 2015 Reel 36273, frame 8 | Eclipse Therapeutics, Inc. | Bionomics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36341, frame 626 | Reyes, Christopher L.; Chu, Peter | Eclipse Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2020 Reel 52616, frame 26 | Bionomics, Inc. | Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 30, 2021 Reel 56106, frame 299 | Oxford Finance LLC | Bionomics, Inc. | Reassignment and Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2032
Term ends Oct 31, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,598,653, US 9,220,774, US 9,221,907, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.