Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2010 (Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.).
Term ended Feb 2, 2024 · High confidence
Held by Bionostics, Inc.
Filed Oct 2, 2008 as application 29/325,539 · Granted Feb 2, 2010
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
Term ended Feb 2, 2024
2010
2026
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Feb 2, 2010
Feb 2, 2010
Term ended
Feb 2, 2024
Feb 2, 2024
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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
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14 years from grant
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| Base term, 14 years from grant | Granted Feb 2, 2010 | Feb 2, 2024 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 2, 2024 | High confidence |
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| Application 11/121,592 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2006/015374 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,749,453 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US D571,928 | Term ended Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 7,850,923 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2008/065209 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US D609,362 | this patent Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US D672,051 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
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Assignments
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| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 8, 2009 Reel 22076, frame 328 | Rannikko, Minna A.; Pizza, Thomas M.; Pauplis, Edelizete S.; Byrd, Randy H. | Bionostics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 4, 2010 Reel 24785, frame 59 | Bionostics, Inc.; Bionostics Holdings, Ltd.; Bionostics Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 Reel 30889, frame 976 | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Inc.; Bionostics Holdings, Ltd.; Bionostics, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd.; Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Inc. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics Holdings, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Bionostics, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Oxford Cryosystems, Ltd. | Security Agreement |
| Jul 26, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. | Oxford Cryosystems, Inc. | Security Agreement |
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