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Compositions, Methods and Kits for Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

US 9,304,137 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 22, 2022 (Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LP).

Term ends Dec 21, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Feb 25, 2013 as application 13/775,494 · Granted Apr 5, 2016
Base term plus 229 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2012
Term ends
Dec 21, 2032
Granted
Apr 5, 2016
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
229
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,091,651.
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.
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 229 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 21, 2012, when application 13/724,823, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 25, 2013)Dec 21, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+229 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 7, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,091,651)capped to Dec 21, 2032High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 21, 2032High confidence

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Application PCT/US2018/056570PCT application
no patent term
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 21, 2013
Reel 30460, frame 702
Kearney, Paul Edward; Fang, Kenneth Charles; Li, Xiao-jun; Hayward, CliveIntegrated Diagnostics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 29, 2014
Reel 32782, frame 464
Integrated Diagnostics, Inc.Ind Funding LLCSecurity Interest
Aug 3, 2018
Reel 46550, frame 277
Integrated Diagnostics, Inc.Biodesix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 12, 2020
Reel 53476, frame 137
Ind Funding LLCIntegrated Diagnostics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 22, 2022
Reel 61977, frame 919
Biodesix, Inc.Perceptive Credit Holdings IV, LPSecurity Agreement

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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