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RNA-Guided Nucleases and Active Fragments and Variants Thereof and Methods of Use

US 11,926,843 In force
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ends Sep 6, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Sep 17, 2021 as application 17/478,374 · Granted Mar 12, 2024
Base term plus 93 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 5, 2019
Term ends
Sep 6, 2039
Granted
Mar 12, 2024
base term patent term adjustment 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
93
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,162,114, to Sep 6, 2039. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
4
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 93 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 5, 2019, when application 16/432,321, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 17, 2021)Jun 5, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+93 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 6, 2039High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,162,114)resolves to Sep 6, 2039, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 6, 2039High confidence

This family

US 11,162,114In force
Jun 2040
Jun 2040
US 11,926,843this patent
Sep 2039
Sep 2039
US 12,338,455In force
Jun 2039
Jun 2039
Application 19/216,399Pending
not computed
not computed
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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