Term ended Apr 25, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 25, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Vivex Biologics Group, Inc.
Filed Oct 16, 2015 as application 14/885,673 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 25, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 25, 2006
Apr 25, 2006
Term ended
Apr 25, 2026
Apr 25, 2026
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Oct 17, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
6
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. 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 Apr 25, 2006, when application 11/411,745, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 16, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 25, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 25, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,327,010 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,162,005 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 9,364,513 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,789,157 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 11,839,694 | In force no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 10,682,386 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38543, frame 457 | Ellis-behnke, Rutledge; Norchi, Terrence W.; Kelly, Stephen | Clear Nano Solutions, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2016 Reel 38665, frame 713 | Clear Nano Solutions, Inc. | Arch Therapeutics, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Dec 9, 2016 Reel 40700, frame 725 | Arch Therapeutics, Inc.; Arch Acquisition Corporation; Arch Biosurgery, Inc. | Arch Biosurgery, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Oct 2, 2017 Reel 44090, frame 798 | Arch Therapeutics, Inc.; Arch Acquisition Corporation | Arch Biosurgery, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the First Conveying Party Execution Date Previously Recorded at Reel: 040700 Frame: 0725. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name. |
| Jul 23, 2025 Reel 71810, frame 537 | Arch Therapeutics, Inc.; Arch Biosurgery, Inc. | Arch Acquisition LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 23, 2025 Reel 71810, frame 682 | Arch Acquisition LLC | Vivex Biologics Group, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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