Term ends Mar 20, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 20, 2040
Held by Lonza Sales AG
Filed Oct 26, 2022 as application 18/050,027 · Granted May 28, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Mar 20, 2020
Mar 20, 2020
Term ends
Mar 20, 2040
Mar 20, 2040
Granted
May 28, 2024
May 28, 2024
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
6
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. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 20, 2020, when application PCT/US2020/024023, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 26, 2022) | Mar 20, 2040 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 20, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2020/024023 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2021/023485 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 12,502,427 | In force Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| Application 17/906,849 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 11,992,527 | this patent Mar 2040 | Mar 2040 |
| Application 19/365,432 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2023 Reel 64251, frame 794 | Codiak Biosciences, Inc. | Lonza Sales AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2023 Reel 65485, frame 965 | Soos, Timothy J.; Xu, Ke | Codiak Biosciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2023 Reel 65495, frame 739 | Moniz, Raymond J.; McConnell, Russell E.; Ross, Nikki; McCoy, Christine | Codiak Biosciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2040
Term ends Mar 20, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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