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Microarray having a base cleavable linker

US 9,983,204 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 29, 2026 on the fee record · From the USPTO record

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Named at grant CustomArray, Inc. · find this owner
Filed Apr 27, 2009 as application 12/387,115 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1299 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed May 29, 2026
2005 2029
Clock starts
Sep 19, 2005
No longer in force
May 29, 2026
Granted
May 29, 2018
Term would have run to
Apr 10, 2029
base term patent term adjustment 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
1,299
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 19, 2005, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 27, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Sep 19, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+1299 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 10, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 29, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 29, 2026From the USPTO record

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