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Compositions and Processes for Improved Mass Spectrometry Analysis

US 10,329,612 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 10, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jan 15, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Dec 13, 2017 as application 15/840,432 · Granted Jun 25, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2028
Clock starts
Jan 15, 2008
Term ends
Jan 15, 2028
Granted
Jun 25, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,329,612, US 7,888,127, US 9,310,378, US 9,873,912, to Jan 15, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
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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. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. 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 Jan 15, 2008, when application 12/014,671, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2017)Jan 15, 2028High 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 10,329,612, US 7,888,127, US 9,310,378, US 9,873,912)resolves to Jan 15, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 15, 2028High confidence

This family

US 7,888,127In force
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
US 9,310,378In force
Apr 2029
Apr 2029
US 9,873,912In force
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
US 10,329,612this patent
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
US 12,077,819In force
Jan 2028
Jan 2028
Application 18/819,941Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Dec 19, 2017
Reel 44915, frame 65
Becker, ThomasAgena Bioscience, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2019
Reel 49115, frame 49
Sequenom, Inc.Biosciences Acquisition CompanyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2019
Reel 49115, frame 224
Becker, ThomasSequenom, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 8, 2019
Reel 49116, frame 1
Biosciences Acquisition CompanyAgena Bioscience, Inc.Change of Name
Dec 10, 2021
Reel 58358, frame 661
Agena Bioscience, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Security Interest

Sources

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

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