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US 9,963,678 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Mesoblast, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends no later than Oct 6, 2031 · Low confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Mar 19, 2015 as application 14/662,344 · Granted May 8, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Oct 6, 2011
Ends no later than
Oct 6, 2031
Granted
May 8, 2018
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
7
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 is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 6, 2011, when application 13/267,363, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 19, 2015); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 6, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Oct 6, 2031Low confidence

This family

Application 13/267,363Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,828,586In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 9,963,678this patent
no later than Oct 2031
no later than Oct 2031
US 10,550,369In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 11,708,560In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
US 12,410,405In force
Oct 2031
Oct 2031
Application 19/293,945Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Jan 18, 2018
Reel 44658, frame 68
Ton, Christopher, DR.; Danilkovitch, Alla, DR.; Tom, Samson, DR.Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 18, 2018
Reel 44658, frame 721
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.Mesoblast International SARLAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 28, 2018
Reel 45759, frame 917
Mesoblast International SARLHercules Capital, Inc., as Administrative and Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 10, 2018
Reel 46515, frame 222
Mesoblast International SARLNQP SPV II, L.P., as Administrative Agent and Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Dec 10, 2021
Reel 58957, frame 447
Mesoblast Limited Acn 109 431 870; Mesoblast UK Limited; Mesoblast, Inc. (Formerly Known as Angioblast, Inc.); Mesoblast International SàrlOaktree Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest
Jul 30, 2025
Reel 72297, frame 753
Hercules Capital, Inc., as AgentMesoblast International SARLRelease of Intellectual Property Security Agreement at Reel/Frame No. 45759/0917
Jan 2, 2026
Reel 74174, frame 183
Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as AgentMesoblast Limited; Mesoblast UK Limited; Mesoblast, Inc. (Formerly Known as Angioblast, Inc.); Mesoblast International SàrlRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jan 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as AgentMesoblast LimitedRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jan 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as AgentMesoblast UK LimitedRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jan 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as AgentMesoblast, Inc. (Formerly Known as Angioblast, Inc.)Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jan 2, 2026
reel/frame not recorded
Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC, as AgentMesoblast International SàrlRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Jun 29, 2026
Reel 75853, frame 93
NQP SPV II, L.P., as AgentMesoblast International SàrlRelease of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 46515/0222

Sources

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