Also listed on Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 13, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 13, 2034
Held by Noster Inc.
Filed Aug 14, 2015 as application 14/768,183 · Granted Jan 10, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2014
Feb 13, 2014
Term ends
Feb 13, 2034
Feb 13, 2034
Granted
Jan 10, 2017
Jan 10, 2017
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.
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.
2
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 13, 2014, when application PCT/JP2014/053383, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 14, 2015) | Feb 13, 2034 | 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 | 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 | Feb 13, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,539,229 | this patent Feb 2034 | Feb 2034 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Yonejima, Yasunori; Kishino, Shigenobu; Ogawa, Jun | Kyoto University | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Yonejima, Yasunori; Kishino, Shigenobu; Ogawa, Jun | Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2015 Reel 36333, frame 157 | Ogawa, Jun; Kishino, Shigenobu; Yonejima, Yasunori | Kyoto University; Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 14, 2021 Reel 55920, frame 263 | Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. | Noster Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2024 Reel 68851, frame 663 | Kyoto University | Noster Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2024 Reel 69207, frame 122 | Kyoto University | Noster Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Property Type from Application Number to Patent Number for 10952983 and 10975397 Previously Recorded at Reel: 68851 Frame: 663. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 13, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
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