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Methods of Preparing a Primary Cell Sample

US 11,591,573 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jul 28, 2038 · Medium confidence

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

Filed Apr 11, 2018 as application 15/950,739 · Granted Feb 28, 2023
Base term plus 646 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2016
Term ends
Jul 28, 2038
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
646
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
3
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 runs 646 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Oct 20, 2016, when application PCT/US2016/057923, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 11, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Oct 20, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+646 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 28, 2038High 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 orderJul 28, 2038Medium confidence

This family

US 11,591,573this patent
Jul 2038
Jul 2038
US 12,215,356In force
no later than Jan 2037
no later than Jan 2037
2 of 3 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 11, 2018
Reel 46047, frame 682
Laing, Lance Gavin; Rich, Ben; Dandapat, AbhijitCelcuity LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 26, 2018
Reel 47353, frame 985
Celcuity LLCCelcuity Inc.Change of Name
Apr 8, 2021
Reel 55867, frame 237
Celcuity, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest
May 30, 2024
Reel 67572, frame 1
Celcuity, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral AgentAmended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 9, 2025
Reel 72886, frame 984
Celcuity Inc.Oxford Finance LLC, as Collateral AgentSecond Amended and Restated Intellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 8, 2026
Reel 74883, frame 538
Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPCelcuity Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 8, 2026
Reel 74883, frame 775
Oxford Finance LLCCelcuity Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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