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Microfluidic Cartridge for Molecular Diagnosis, Docking Station Using a Microfluidic Cartridge, and Process for Analyzing a Biological Sample

US 10,654,039 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Genewave, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2026 (Royal Bank of Canada).

Term ends Oct 31, 2035 · High confidence

Filed May 27, 2016 as application 15/039,860 · Granted May 19, 2020
Base term plus 338 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Nov 27, 2014
Term ends
Oct 31, 2035
Granted
May 19, 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
338
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.
6
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 338 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 27, 2014, when application PCT/EP2014/075868, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 27, 2016)Nov 27, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+338 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 31, 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 orderOct 31, 2035High confidence

This family

US 10,654,039this patent
Oct 2035
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US 11,813,609In force
Oct 2035
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US 12,275,009In force
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
Application 18/763,917Pending
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Application 19/027,187Pending
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5 of 6 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Nov 30, 2016
Reel 40462, frame 560
Marcy, Yann; Artigue, Marc; Le Masne, Quentin; Marq, KevinGenewaveAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68400, frame 684
Mobidiag OyGen-Probe IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68788, frame 810
Genewave SASMobidiag OyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 30, 2026
Reel 74227, frame 557
Mobidiag OyGen-Probe IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 30, 2026
Reel 75325, frame 802
GenewaveMobidiag OyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75462, frame 440
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75926, frame 339
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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