Term ends no later than Dec 18, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2028
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Novilux LLC
Filed Sep 10, 2012 as application 13/608,519 · Granted Jun 11, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2008
Dec 18, 2008
Ends no later than
Dec 18, 2028
Dec 18, 2028
Granted
Jun 11, 2013
Jun 11, 2013
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
12
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Dec 18, 2008, when application 12/338,955, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 10, 2012) | Dec 18, 2028 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Dec 18, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,914,734 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,264,684 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,462,339 | this patent no later than Dec 2028 | no later than Dec 2028 |
| US 8,634,075 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,917,392 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 9,239,284 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 10,107,752 | In force Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| Application 16/159,345 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 2013 Reel 29945, frame 837 | Livingston, Richard A. | Singulex, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 14, 2015 Reel 36795, frame 185 | Singulex, Inc. | Oxford Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Oct 4, 2016 Reel 40224, frame 70 | Oxford Finance LLC | Singulex, Inc. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents (Releases RF 036795/0185) |
| Mar 30, 2017 Reel 42117, frame 716 | Singulex, Inc. | Perceptive Credit Holdings, LP | Patent Security Agreement |
| May 6, 2019 Reel 49095, frame 371 | Perceptive Credit Holdings, LP | Fisk Ventures, LLC | Assignment of Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 19, 2019 Reel 49516, frame 444 | Singulex, Inc. | EMD Millipore Corporation | License |
| Apr 3, 2024 Reel 66989, frame 690 | Singulex, Inc. | Novilux LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends no later than Dec 18, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Dec 18, 2028. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
8
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.