Also listed on The Institut Pasteur, an earlier holder on the record.
Term ends Sep 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 31, 2026
Filed Aug 26, 2013 as application 13/975,404 · Granted Apr 18, 2017
Base term plus 777 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Jul 31, 2006
Jul 31, 2006
Term ends
Sep 15, 2028
Sep 15, 2028
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Apr 18, 2017
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
777
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,858,931, to Sep 15, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 777 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jul 31, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/007571, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 26, 2013) | Jul 31, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +777 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,858,931) | resolves to Sep 15, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,003,773 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| US 8,858,931 | In force Nov 2031 | Nov 2031 |
| US 9,624,479 | this patent Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 10,767,167 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
4 of 5 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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What's changing
Sep 2028
Term ends Sep 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 777 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,858,931, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.