Term ends Nov 19, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 19, 2033
Held by Illumina Cambridge Limited
Filed Sep 16, 2019 as application 16/572,535 · Granted Nov 10, 2020
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2013
2033
Clock starts
Nov 19, 2013
Nov 19, 2013
Term ends
Nov 19, 2033
Nov 19, 2033
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Nov 10, 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.
16
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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 19, 2013, when application PCT/US2013/070797, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 16, 2019) | Nov 19, 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 | Nov 19, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2013/070797 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 14/443,655 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,378,053 | In force Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
| US 11,060,140 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,829,816 | this patent Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| Application 16/727,732 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,248,266 | In force Nov 2033 | Nov 2033 |
| US 11,047,005 | In force Mar 2038 | Mar 2038 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 17, 2020 Reel 53808, frame 346 | Staker, Bryan P.; Liu, Niandong; Staker, Bart Lee; McLaughlin, Michael David | Apton Biosystems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 29, 2023 Reel 64747, frame 267 | Apton Biosystems, Inc.; Neptune Acquisition II LLC | Apton Biosystems LLC | Merger and Change of Name |
| Sep 11, 2023 Reel 64868, frame 510 | Apton Biosystems LLC | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2026 Reel 75551, frame 812 | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc.; Apton Biosystems LLC; Omniome, LLC | Illumina Cambridge Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Nov 2033
Term ends Nov 19, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
41
later US patents cite this one
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