Term ends Dec 23, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 15, 2034
Held by Kymab Limited
Filed Jul 15, 2014 as application 14/331,730 · Granted Mar 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Jul 15, 2014
Jul 15, 2014
Term ends
Dec 23, 2033
Dec 23, 2033
Granted
Mar 13, 2018
Mar 13, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,611,849, US 10,618,971, US 8,883,157, US 8,951,523, US 8,999,341, US 9,034,331, US 9,034,332, US 9,040,052, US 9,051,378, US 9,068,012, US 9,416,180.
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.
25
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 Jul 15, 2014, when this application, 14/331,730, was filed | Jul 15, 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,611,849, US 10,618,971, US 8,883,157, US 8,951,523, US 8,999,341, US 9,034,331, US 9,034,332, US 9,040,052, US 9,051,378, US 9,068,012, US 9,416,180) | capped to Dec 23, 2033 | 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 | Dec 23, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,914,769 | this patent Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US 8,945,560 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,017,678 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,986,694 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,980,273 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,986,691 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 8,992,927 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
| US 9,045,545 | In force Jul 2034 | Jul 2034 |
8 of 25 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 7, 2014 Reel 33487, frame 747 | Clube, Jasper Rupert | Kymab Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2033
Term ends Dec 23, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,611,849, US 10,618,971, US 8,883,157, US 8,951,523, US 8,999,341, US 9,034,331, US 9,034,332, US 9,040,052, US 9,051,378, US 9,068,012, US 9,416,180.
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.