0 patents currently held, every record listed here
2 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
This portfolio holds none of the 2 US patents in force on its record. from the record
Of the 2 now held by other companies, 2 name Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC as their current owner. Each row says so.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
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Ending by 2030
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Next term end
When these terms end
Each bar runs from grant to computed term end. 2017 to 2036.
US 9,655,961
Recombinant Measles Virus Expressing Chikungunya Virus Polypeptides and Their Applications
Sep 26, 2033
20212025202920332036
1 pending application: term is not computable until grant.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
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
None of the currently held patents qualifies as notable.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Dec 2036 · High confidence
Granted 2021. Computed term ends 2036.
now held by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Also notable
Ends Sep 2033 · High confidence
Granted 2017 and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
now held by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Fee deadlines
No maintenance fee falls due on this company's record before Nov 10, 2027.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
Also on record: 2 patents in force now held by others · 1 patent ended · 1 application pending · 2 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.