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Biochip Method

US 12,429,422 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Genewave, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2026 (Royal Bank of Canada).

Term ends Jan 8, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Apr 30, 2019 as application 16/398,890 · Granted Sep 30, 2025
Base term plus 99 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2032
Clock starts
Dec 28, 2011
Term ends
Jan 8, 2032
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
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
99
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,415,514.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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 runs 99 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 0 of 1 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 Dec 28, 2011, when application PCT/FR2011/053208, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 30, 2019)Dec 28, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+99 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 5, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,415,514)capped to Jan 8, 2032High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 8, 2032High confidence

This family

US 10,184,891In force
Apr 2033
Apr 2033
US 11,415,514In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 12,429,422this patent
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application 17/818,612Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,117,397In force
Dec 2031
Dec 2031
5 of 6 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
Apr 30, 2019
Reel 49036, frame 192
Weisbuch, Claude; Martinelli, Lucio; Benisty, Henri; Schafauer, Christof; Sagarzazu, Gabriel; Gacoin, Thierry; Bedu, MélanieGenewaveAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2024
Reel 68787, frame 15
Genewave SASMobibiag OyAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 3, 2024
Reel 68787, frame 41
Mobidiag OyGen-Probe IncorporatedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75462, frame 440
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Royal Bank of Canada, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 8, 2026
Reel 75926, frame 339
Biotheranostics, Inc.; Gen-Probe Incorporated; Gen-Probe Prodesse, Inc.; Cytyc Corporation; Suros Surgical Systems, Inc.; Gynesonics, Inc.; Bolder Surgical, LLC; Faxitron Bioptics, LLC; Health Beacons, Inc.; Hologic, Inc.Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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