Term ends Mar 15, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 15, 2033
Held by Pathscience, Inc.
Filed Mar 25, 2014 as application 14/224,903 · Granted Aug 4, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2013
Mar 15, 2013
Term ends
Mar 15, 2033
Mar 15, 2033
Granted
Aug 4, 2020
Aug 4, 2020
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 15, 2013, when application 13/843,588, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 25, 2014) | Mar 15, 2033 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,725,237 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 10,729,325 | this patent Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 11,684,264 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 12,303,233 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 12,702,303 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| Application 19/640,192 | Pending 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2014 Reel 32550, frame 921 | Bryant-greenwood, Peter; Rosenblatt, Kevin P.; Yu, Jeffrey N. | Genetic Innovations, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 14, 2025 Reel 72460, frame 584 | Genetic Innovations, Inc. | Pathscience, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Mar 2033
Term ends Mar 15, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
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