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US 9,268,915 In force
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Term ends Sep 25, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Sep 26, 2011 as application 13/244,956 · Granted Feb 23, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Sep 25, 2011
Term ends
Sep 25, 2031
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
84
Family applications on record here
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 25, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/053188, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 26, 2011)Sep 25, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 25, 2031High confidence

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Application PCT/US2011/051388PCT application
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Application PCT/US2011/053189PCT application
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US 9,268,915this patent
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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
Jun 7, 2012
Reel 28337, frame 658
Holmes, Elizabeth A.; Balwani, SunnyTheranos, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44838, frame 909
Theranos Inc.Theranos IP Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 12, 2017
Reel 44839, frame 568
Theranos IP Company, LLCFortress Credit Corp.Security Interest
Jan 16, 2018
Reel 45101, frame 315
Theranos, Inc.Theranos IP Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 3, 2020
Reel 52313, frame 11
Theranos IP Company, LLCLabrador Diagnostics LLCChange of Name

Sources

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