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Human Milk Compositions and Methods of Making and Using Same

US 8,545,920 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 5, 2026 (Wells Fargo Bank, National Association).

Term ends Mar 23, 2030 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Nov 29, 2007 as application 11/947,580 · Granted Oct 1, 2013
Base term plus 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2007
Term ends
Mar 23, 2030
Granted
Oct 1, 2013
base term patent term adjustment 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
936
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
20
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 runs 936 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 30, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/019234, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 29, 2007); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Aug 30, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+936 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 23, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 23, 2030Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2006/036827PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,545,920this patent
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
Application PCT/US2007/085969PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,943,315Term ended
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 8,278,046Term ended
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 9,149,052In force
Dec 2032
Dec 2032
US 8,628,921Surrendered on reissue
Oct 2020
Oct 2020
Application 13/946,020Abandoned
not computed
not computed
8 of 20 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
Jan 30, 2008
Reel 20436, frame 316
Medo, Elena M.; Lee, Martin L.; Rechtman, David J.; Fournell, JosephProlacta Bioscience, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 21, 2023
Reel 65935, frame 511
Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.Hayfin Services LLP, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 5, 2026
Reel 74862, frame 454
Hayfin Services LLP, as AgentProlacta Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 5, 2026
Reel 74871, frame 441
Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.Wells Fargo Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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