Term ends Jul 26, 2038 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 26, 2038
Held by Nimbus Lakshmi, Inc.
Filed Jul 26, 2018 as application 16/046,481 · Granted Jun 29, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2018
2038
Clock starts
Jul 26, 2018
Jul 26, 2018
Term ends
Jul 26, 2038
Jul 26, 2038
Granted
Jun 29, 2021
Jun 29, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,508,120, US 10,562,906, US 10,562,907, US 10,570,145, US 10,577,373, to Jul 26, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
10
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jul 26, 2018, when this application, 16/046,481, was filed | Jul 26, 2038 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,508,120, US 10,562,906, US 10,562,907, US 10,570,145, US 10,577,373) | resolves to Jul 26, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Jul 26, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US 11,046,698 | this patent Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,562,907 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,562,906 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,577,373 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,508,120 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| US 10,570,145 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
| Application 17/210,066 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/447,648 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 2019 Reel 48098, frame 377 | Cowen, Scott D. | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2019 Reel 48182, frame 712 | Cowen, Scott D. | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the PCT Application Number US2018023917 Previously Recorded at Reel: 048098 Frame: 0377. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50678, frame 584 | Mondal, Sayan | Schrödinger, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50678, frame 636 | Greenwood, Jeremy Robert | Schrödinger, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50678, frame 681 | Schrödinger, Inc. | Schrödinger, L.L.C. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50678, frame 833 | Schrödinger, L.L.C. | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50678, frame 915 | Masse, Craig E. | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50679, frame 81 | McLean, Thomas | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 10, 2019 Reel 50679, frame 151 | Nimbus Discovery, Inc. | Nimbus Lakshmi, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 11, 2023 Reel 64867, frame 415 | Nimbus Lakshmi, Inc. | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | Intercompany Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2038
Term ends Jul 26, 2038. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,508,120, US 10,562,906, US 10,562,907, US 10,570,145, US 10,577,373, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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