Term ends no later than May 14, 2027 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status 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.

Held by Mars, Incorporated

Filed Mar 20, 2012 as application 29/416,269 · Granted May 14, 2013

Base term, 14 years from grant

Today

14 years from grant

Ends no later than May 14, 2027

2013 2027

Clock starts
May 14, 2013

Ends no later than
May 14, 2027

base term 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.

14 years from grant

Base term

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This patent's term is its base term, 14 years from grant, 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. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. 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.

Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 14 years from grant	Granted May 14, 2013	May 14, 2027	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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved	no cap applied, and none guessed	Medium confidence
Patent term extension	None on file	no change	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	no later than May 14, 2027	Medium confidence

This family

US D678,530	In force Mar 2027	Mar 2027
US D682,432	this patent no later than May 2027	no later than May 2027
US D731,662	In force Jun 2029	Jun 2029

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
Mar 20, 2012 Reel 27896, frame 115	Khan, Macksoud; Ruef, Zachary M.; Rowley, Keagan	Mbio Diagnostics, Inc.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 2, 2021 Reel 55111, frame 89	Mbio Diagnostics, Inc. Dba Lightdeck Diagnostics	Heska Corporation	Security Interest
May 19, 2025 Reel 71338, frame 783	Antech Diagnostics, Inc.	Mars, Incorporated	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 19, 2025 Reel 71338, frame 695	Mbio Diagnostics, Inc.	Heska Corporation	Merger
May 19, 2025 Reel 71338, frame 716	Heska Corporation	Antech Diagnostics, Inc.	Merger

Sources

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What's changing

May 2027

Term ends no later than May 14, 2027. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent

Note

A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed

Open question

A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than May 14, 2027. We will not guess the cap.

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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