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Method for Improving Affinity of Antibody for Antigen and Use Thereof

US 11,795,237 In force
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Term ends Jan 21, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Jan 21, 2021 as application 17/154,297 · Granted Oct 24, 2023
USPTO first gave this application the number US 11,725,062 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2021 2041
Clock starts
Jan 21, 2021
Term ends
Jan 21, 2041
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
base term 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 21, 2021, when this application, 17/154,297, was filedJan 21, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 21, 2041High confidence

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US 11,795,237this patent
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Application 18/157,739Abandoned
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US 12,122,849In force
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US 12,116,419In force
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US 12,139,552In force
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Application 18/189,997Abandoned
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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 21, 2021
Reel 54984, frame 962
Maeta, Shingo; Fukunaga, Atsushi; Bajaj, ReemaSysmex CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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