Term ends Jul 7, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 7, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,447,177), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Kymab Limited
Filed Jan 14, 2013 as application 13/740,727 · Granted Nov 29, 2016
Base term plus 739 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2010
Jul 7, 2010
Term ends
Jul 7, 2030
Jul 7, 2030
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Nov 29, 2016
base term
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
739
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 9,434,782, US 9,447,177.
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.
55
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 739 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: 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jul 7, 2010, when application PCT/GB2010/051122, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2013) | Jul 7, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +739 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 15, 2032 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,434,782, US 9,447,177) | capped to Jul 7, 2030 | Medium 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 | Jul 7, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 13/310,431 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,447,177 | In force no later than Jul 2030 | no later than Jul 2030 |
| US 9,445,581 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,253,965 | In force Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,505,827 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| Application 13/843,528 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/040,427 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/040,405 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 55 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 2016 Reel 39261, frame 455 | Bradley, Allan; Lee, E-chiang; Liang, Qi; Wang, Wei; Friedrich, Glenn | Kymab Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 7, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 739 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,434,782, US 9,447,177.
Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 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.