Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 5, 2023 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends May 18, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends May 18, 2032
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,604,791), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Agena Bioscience, Inc.
Filed Apr 25, 2023 as application 18/139,303 · Granted May 19, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
May 18, 2012
May 18, 2012
Term ends
May 18, 2032
May 18, 2032
Granted
May 19, 2026
May 19, 2026
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,604,791, US 11,667,958, to May 18, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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: Medium. 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 May 18, 2012, when application PCT/US2012/038710, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 25, 2023) | May 18, 2032 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,604,791, US 11,667,958) | resolves to May 18, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 18, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2012/038710 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,604,791 | In force no later than May 2032 | no later than May 2032 |
| Application 13/790,996 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,667,958 | In force May 2032 | May 2032 |
| US 12,630,865 | this patent May 2032 | May 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2023 Reel 64557, frame 238 | Honisch, Christiane; Van Den Boom, Dirk Johannes; Mosko, Michael; Nygren, Anders | Sequenom, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2023 Reel 64557, frame 255 | Sequenom, Inc. | Biosciences Acquisition Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 10, 2023 Reel 64565, frame 94 | Biosciences Acquisition Company | Agena Bioscience, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 5, 2023 Reel 65135, frame 174 | Mesa Laboratories, Inc.; Agena Bioscience, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
May 2032
Term ends May 18, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,604,791, US 11,667,958, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.