Also listed on Sequenta, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 9, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 9, 2029
Held by Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.
Filed May 4, 2011 as application 13/100,365 · Granted Jun 10, 2014
Base term plus 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2009
2029
Clock starts
Nov 9, 2009
Nov 9, 2009
Term ends
Nov 9, 2029
Nov 9, 2029
Granted
Jun 10, 2014
Jun 10, 2014
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
169
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,236,503, US 8,628,927, US 8,691,510, US 8,795,970, US 9,217,176.
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.
34
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 169 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Nov 9, 2009, when application 12/615,263, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 4, 2011) | Nov 9, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +169 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 27, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,236,503, US 8,628,927, US 8,691,510, US 8,795,970, US 9,217,176) | capped to Nov 9, 2029 | 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 | Nov 9, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,236,503 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,748,103 | this patent Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,507,205 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,691,510 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,043,160 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| Application 13/214,111 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,217,176 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 8,795,970 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
8 of 34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2011 Reel 26231, frame 657 | Faham, Malek; Willis, Thomas | Sequenta, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 28, 2015 Reel 36503, frame 732 | Sequenta, Inc. | Sequenta, LLC | Merger |
| Jan 19, 2016 Reel 37560, frame 788 | Sequenta, LLC | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 15, 2022 Reel 61449, frame 689 | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | Orbimed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 23, 2026 Reel 75813, frame 956 | Orbimed Royalty & Credit Opportunities IV, LP | Adaptive Biotechnologies Corporation | Release of Security 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
Nov 2029
Term ends Nov 9, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 169 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,236,503, US 8,628,927, US 8,691,510, US 8,795,970, US 9,217,176.
Citations
335
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. 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.