Also listed on Mobidiag Oy, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 10, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 5, 2033
Held by Gen-Probe Incorporated
Filed Jun 4, 2015 as application 14/649,674 · Granted Jan 16, 2018
Base term plus 217 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2034
Clock starts
Dec 5, 2013
Dec 5, 2013
Term ends
Jul 10, 2034
Jul 10, 2034
Granted
Jan 16, 2018
Jan 16, 2018
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
217
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.
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 runs 217 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 Dec 5, 2013, when application PCT/FI2013/051144, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 4, 2015) | Dec 5, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +217 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 10, 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 | Jul 10, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,868,995 | this patent Jul 2034 | Jul 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 2015 Reel 36614, frame 787 | Kirveskari, Juha; Rautelin, Hilpi | Amplidiag Oy | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 16, 2020 Reel 54224, frame 886 | Amplidiag Oy | Mobidiag Oy | Merger |
| Feb 4, 2026 Reel 73684, frame 203 | Mobidiag Oy | Gen-Probe Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2034
Term ends Jul 10, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 217 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.