Also listed on Seahorse Bioscience, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 21, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 13, 2033
Held by Agilent Technologies, Inc.
Filed Nov 13, 2013 as application 14/079,022 · Granted Nov 15, 2016
Base term plus 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Nov 13, 2013
Nov 13, 2013
Term ends
Mar 21, 2034
Mar 21, 2034
Granted
Nov 15, 2016
Nov 15, 2016
base term
patent term adjustment
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
128
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.
This patent's term runs 128 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
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 Nov 13, 2013, when this application, 14/079,022, was filed | Nov 13, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +128 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 21, 2034 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 21, 2034 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 2015 Reel 35384, frame 440 | McGarr, Paul; Neilson, Andy C.; Teich, Jay S. | Seahorse Bioscience | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2019 Reel 50219, frame 35 | Seahorse Bioscience, Inc. | Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2034
Term ends Mar 21, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 128 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.