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Techniques for Predicting, Detecting and Reducing Aspecific Protein Interference in Assays Involving Immunoglobulin Single Variable Domains

US 12,630,609 In force
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Term ends Sep 30, 2031 · High confidence

Held by Sanofi
Filed Mar 4, 2014 as application 14/128,681 · Granted May 19, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Sep 30, 2011
Term ends
Sep 30, 2031
Granted
May 19, 2026
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,858,418, US 11,644,471, US 12,006,352, US 8,703,135, US 9,683,045, to Sep 30, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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Maintenance fees paid
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22
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 30, 2011, when application PCT/EP2011/067132, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 4, 2014)Sep 30, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,858,418, US 11,644,471, US 12,006,352, US 8,703,135, US 9,683,045)resolves to Sep 30, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 30, 2031High confidence

This family

US 8,703,135In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 11,644,471In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 12,630,609this patent
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 9,683,045In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 9,573,992In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
US 9,346,884In force
Sep 2031
Sep 2031
Application 14/698,917Abandoned
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Application 15/397,313Abandoned
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8 of 22 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
Mar 5, 2014
Reel 32354, frame 342
Baumeister, Judith; Bouche, Marie-paule Lucienne Armanda; Boutton, Carlo; Buyse, Marie-ange; Snoeck, Veerle; Staelens, StephanieAblynx N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 23, 2018
Reel 45884, frame 497
Baumeister, Judith; Bouche, Marie-paule Lucienne Armanda; Boutton, Carlo; Buyse, Marie-ange; Snoeck, Veerle; Staelens, Stephanie; Drombrecht, Bruno; Schotte, Peter; Ververken, Cedric Jozef Neotere; Beste, Gerald; Hermans, Guy; Steffensen, Soren; Szyroki, Alexander; Denayer, TinnekeAblynx N.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 10, 2022
Reel 59883, frame 339
Ablynx N.V.SanofiAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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