Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 2, 2024 (Natixis).
Term ends Dec 16, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2028
Held by Biomune Company
Filed Jul 21, 2009 as application 12/449,037 · Granted Jan 6, 2015
Base term plus 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2029
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2008
Mar 28, 2008
Term ends
Dec 16, 2029
Dec 16, 2029
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015
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
628
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.
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 runs 628 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Mar 28, 2008, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2009) | Mar 28, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +628 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 16, 2029 | 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 | Dec 16, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/729,978 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2008/004070 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,927,270 | this patent Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 10,072,272 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,655,146 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
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 29, 2009 Reel 23022, frame 188 | Esaki, Motoyuki; Jensen, Lauren Elizabeth; Dorsey, Kristi M. | Zeon Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 10, 2017 Reel 41939, frame 800 | Zeon Corporation | Biomune Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2024 Reel 66163, frame 711 | Ceva Animal Health, LLC; Biomune Company; Thundershirt, LLC | Natixis, As Security Agent | Notice of Grant of Security Interest in Patents |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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 2029
Term ends Dec 16, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 628 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.