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US 11,022,598 In force
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Term ends Apr 2, 2036 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Oct 3, 2017 as application 15/724,213 · Granted Jun 1, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2036
Clock starts
Apr 2, 2016
Term ends
Apr 2, 2036
Granted
Jun 1, 2021
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.
8
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: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 2, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/025787, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 3, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 2, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderApr 2, 2036Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2016/025785PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2016/025787PCT application
no patent term
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Application PCT/US2016/040579PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,633,738In force
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
Application 15/724,200Abandoned
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US 11,022,598this patent
Apr 2036
Apr 2036
Application 16/864,672Abandoned
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Application 18/306,072Abandoned
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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
Jan 2, 2020
Reel 51459, frame 706
Huff, Jeffrey B.; Hayden, Mark A.; Karabatsos, Peter J.; Schapals, Andrew S.; Muerhoff, Anthony S.; Bogdan, M. Felicia; Leary, Thomas; Holets-mccormack, Shelley R.; Laurenson, Sophie; Fischer, Andrew; Haack, Richard A.; Hershberger, Stefan; House, Dustin; Qiao, Lei; Murphy, M. Shawn; Pope, Mark R.; Prieto-ballengee, Edna M.; Ruan, Qiaoqiao; Soni, Pathik; Tetin, Sergey Y.; Yarnell, LyleAbbott LaboratoriesAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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