Lapsed Feb 5, 2017 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 31, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Institut Pasteur, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut Curie, Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort and Institut Nat'l de la Recherche Agronomique (Inra)
Filed Jun 30, 2010 as application 12/671,415 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 190 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 5, 2017
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2007
Jul 31, 2007
No longer in force
Feb 5, 2017
Feb 5, 2017
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 6, 2028
Feb 6, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
190
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
14
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Feb 6, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 190 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jul 31, 2007, when application 11/831,128, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 30, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jul 31, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +190 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 6, 2028 | 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 | lapsed Feb 5, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 5, 2017 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/831,128 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,387,260 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,096,868 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2019 | Aug 2019 |
| US 8,367,348 | this patent Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 |
| US 8,247,182 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2020 | Aug 2020 |
| US 8,460,888 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 9,201,076 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2019 | Dec 2019 |
| Application 13/889,668 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 14 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2010 Reel 24705, frame 166 | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Egidy, Giorgia; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Bernex, Florence | Institut Pasteur; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique; Institut Curie; Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort; Institut Nat'l de la Recherche Agronomique (Inra) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Egidy, Giorgia; Bernex, Florence | Institut Pasteur | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Egidy, Giorgia; Bernex, Florence | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Egidy, Giorgia; Bernex, Florence | Institut Curie | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Egidy, Giorgia; Bernex, Florence | Ecole Nationale Veterinaire d'Alfort | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2010 reel/frame not recorded | Panthier, Jean-jacques; Sastre-garau, Xavier; Egidy, Giorgia; Bernex, Florence | Institut Nat'l de la Recherche Agronomique (Inra) | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
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Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
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