Term ends May 18, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 18, 2027
Held by Fluidigm Corporation
Filed May 18, 2007 as application 11/804,591 · Granted Mar 16, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 18, 2007
May 18, 2007
Term ends
May 18, 2027
May 18, 2027
Granted
Mar 16, 2010
Mar 16, 2010
base term
fee events
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.
3 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.
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 18, 2007, when this application, 11/804,591, was filed | May 18, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 18, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,678,894 | this patent May 2027 | May 2027 |
| Application PCT/US2008/063945 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,163,053 | In force no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
| US 7,956,171 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2019 | Jun 2019 |
| Application 14/882,866 | Abandoned 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 20, 2007 Reel 20277, frame 713 | Siddiqi, Suhaib | Helicos Biosciences Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 10, 2008 Reel 20346, frame 192 | Siddiqi, Suhaib | Helicos Biosciences Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 22, 2010 Reel 25388, frame 347 | Helicos Biosciences Corporation | General Electric Capital Corporation | Security Agreement |
| Jan 18, 2012 Reel 27549, frame 565 | General Electric Capital Corporation | Helicos Biosciences Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30714, frame 546 | Helicos Biosciences Corporation | Fluidigm Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30714, frame 598 | Fluidigm Corporation | Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. | License |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30714, frame 633 | Fluidigm Corporation | Seqll, LLC | License |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30714, frame 686 | Fluidigm Corporation | Complete Genomics, Inc. | License |
| Jun 28, 2013 Reel 30714, frame 783 | Fluidigm Corporation | Illumina, Inc. | License |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 18, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
20
later US patents cite this one
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