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Vesicular linker and uses thereof in nucleic acid library construction and sequencing

US 10,544,451 In force
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Term ends Jul 14, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Mar 13, 2017 as application 15/510,890 · Granted Jan 28, 2020
Base term plus 305 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Sep 12, 2014
Term ends
Jul 14, 2035
Granted
Jan 28, 2020
base term patent term adjustment 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
305
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
7
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 runs 305 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 12, 2014, when application PCT/CN2014/086418, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 13, 2017)Sep 12, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+305 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 14, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 14, 2035High confidence

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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
Apr 18, 2017
Reel 42275, frame 139
Jiang, Yuan; Guo, Jing; Ji, Xiaojun; Geng, Chunyu; Tian, Kai; Zhao, Xia; Xu, Huaiqian; Zhang, Wenwei; Jiang, Hui; Drmanac, RadojeBGI Shenzhen Co., LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 23, 2018
Reel 44702, frame 441
BGI Shenzhen Co., LimitedMgi Tech Co., Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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