Term ends Feb 19, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 19, 2036
Held by Sorbonne Universite
Filed Aug 15, 2017 as application 15/551,096 · Granted Aug 25, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Feb 19, 2016
Feb 19, 2016
Term ends
Feb 19, 2036
Feb 19, 2036
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Aug 25, 2020
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.
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.
11
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 Feb 19, 2016, when application PCT/EP2016/053613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 15, 2017) | Feb 19, 2036 | 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 | Feb 19, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 14/606,741 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,751,385 | this patent Feb 2036 | Feb 2036 |
| US 11,236,390 | In force Aug 2037 | Aug 2037 |
| US 10,493,046 | In force Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 11,344,515 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 11,679,140 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
| Application 17/552,130 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/313,124 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 11 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 2020 Reel 53206, frame 61 | Avan, Paul | Universite Clermont Auvergne | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2020 Reel 53206, frame 132 | Aghaie, Asadollah; Emptoz, Alice | Sorbonne Universite | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2020 Reel 53206, frame 177 | Safieddine, Saaid | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 14, 2020 Reel 53206, frame 217 | Petit, Christine; Delmaghani, Sedigheh; Defourny, Jean | Institut Pasteur | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Feb 2036
Term ends Feb 19, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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