Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2024 (Natixis).
Term ends Mar 30, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 30, 2027
Held by Ceva Biomune
Filed Nov 24, 2014 as application 14/551,487 · Granted Sep 11, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
Mar 30, 2027
Mar 30, 2027
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
5
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. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 30, 2007, when application 11/729,978, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 24, 2014) | Mar 30, 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 30, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/729,978 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/004070 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,927,270 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,072,272 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,655,146 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37748, frame 433 | Esaki, Motoyuki; Jensen, Lauren Elizabeth; Dorsey, Kristi M. | Zeon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 17, 2016 Reel 37748, frame 435 | Zeon Corporation | Ceva Biomune | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 42247, frame 117 | Zeon Corporation | Biomune Company | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Previously Recorded on Reel 037748 Frame 0435. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment of Entire Interest. |
| Jan 2, 2024 Reel 66163, frame 711 | Ceva Animal Health, LLC; Biomune Company; Thundershirt, LLC | Natixis, As Security Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
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What's changing
Mar 2027
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