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Genetically-Modified Cells Comprising a Modified Human T Cell Receptor Alpha Constant Region Gene

US 9,993,501 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Oct 5, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 9,889,161), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Jan 8, 2018 as application 15/864,947 · Granted Jun 12, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Oct 5, 2016
Term ends
Oct 5, 2036
Granted
Jun 12, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,889,160, US 9,889,161, US 9,950,010, US 9,950,011, US 9,969,975, US 9,993,502, to Oct 5, 2036. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
16
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 5, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/055492, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 8, 2018)Oct 5, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,889,160, US 9,889,161, US 9,950,010, US 9,950,011, US 9,969,975, US 9,993,502)resolves to Oct 5, 2036, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 5, 2036Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/055492PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,889,161In force
no later than Oct 2036
no later than Oct 2036
US 9,889,160In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 9,969,975In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 9,993,501this patent
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 9,993,502In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 9,950,010In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
US 9,950,011In force
Oct 2036
Oct 2036
8 of 16 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
Jan 11, 2018
Reel 44601, frame 229
Jantz, Derek; Smith, James Jefferson; Nicholson, Michael G.; Macleod, Daniel T.; Bartsevich, Victor; Antony, JeyarajPrecision Biosciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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