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Method for Determining Severity and Progression of Periodontal Disease

US 9,347,090 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Interleukin Genetics, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends no later than Apr 19, 2032 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Aug 8, 2013 as application 13/962,637 · Granted May 24, 2016
Base term plus 132 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Dec 9, 2011
Ends no later than
Apr 19, 2032
Granted
May 24, 2016
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
132
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 runs 132 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 9, 2011, when application 13/316,198, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2013)Dec 9, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+132 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 19, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Apr 19, 2032Medium confidence

This family

Application 13/316,198Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,347,090this patent
no later than Apr 2032
no later than Apr 2032
Application 15/144,263Abandoned
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 18, 2013
Reel 31231, frame 568
Kornman, Kenneth; Wu, Xiaodong; Wang, Hwa-ying; Rogus, JohnInterleukin Genetics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 13, 2017
Reel 42001, frame 331
Interleukin Genetics, Inc.Horizon Technology Finance CorporationSecurity Interest
Nov 27, 2017
Reel 44511, frame 428
Horizon Technology Finance CorporationInterleukin Genetics Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 27, 2017
Reel 44511, frame 467
Horizon Technology Finance CorporationInterleukin Genetics, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 8, 2017
Reel 44341, frame 18
Interleukin Genetics, Inc.ORIG3N, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 26, 2022
Reel 60028, frame 276
Seaport Diagnostics, Inc.Sapphiros Laboratories LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 26, 2022
Reel 60389, frame 510
ORIG3N, Inc.Seaport Diagnostics, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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