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Preparation of Purified Phosphorodiamidite

US 9,896,463 In force
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Term ends Jan 15, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Jul 12, 2016 as application 15/110,971 · Granted Feb 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2015
Term ends
Jan 15, 2035
Granted
Feb 20, 2018
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
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.
67
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

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 15, 2015, when application PCT/EP2015/050669, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2016)Jan 15, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 15, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,017,681Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
US 9,896,463this patent
Jan 2035
Jan 2035
US 9,969,670Lapsed on the fee record
May 2026
May 2026
Application 15/111,600Abandoned
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US 10,259,715In force
Apr 2035
Apr 2035
Application 15/121,823Abandoned
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US 10,487,213Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2023
Nov 2023
Application 15/126,707Abandoned
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8 of 67 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 16, 2017
Reel 43872, frame 883
Woodward, GaryRhodia OperationsAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2023
Reel 65488, frame 365
Rhodia OperationsSpecialty Operations FranceAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2024
Reel 66374, frame 642
Rhodia OperationsSpecialty Operations FranceAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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