Term ends Mar 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 17, 2030
Filed Apr 21, 2015 as application 14/692,483 · Granted Mar 20, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 17, 2010
Mar 17, 2010
Term ends
Mar 17, 2030
Mar 17, 2030
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Mar 20, 2018
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 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.
8
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 17, 2010, when application 12/726,245, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 21, 2015) | Mar 17, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 17, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,051,362 | In force Sep 2031 | Sep 2031 |
| US 9,920,111 | this patent Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,239,934 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,407,493 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,865,234 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 11,584,789 | In force Dec 2030 | Dec 2030 |
| US 12,018,067 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 12,312,396 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
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 15, 2015 Reel 35649, frame 866 | Burton, Dennis R.; Walker, Laura M. | The Scripps Research Institute | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2015 Reel 35650, frame 18 | Chan-hui, Po-ying; Frey, Steven; Olsen, Ole; Mitcham, Jennifer; Moyle, Matthew | Theraclone Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 15, 2015 Reel 35649, frame 735 | Phogat, Sanjay K.; Poignard, Pascal Raymond Georges; Koff, Wayne; Danielle de Jean de ST. Marcel Simek-Lemos, Melissa | International Aids Vaccine Initiative | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 19, 2015 Reel 37146, frame 817 | Theraclone Sciences, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest |
| Dec 29, 2015 Reel 37396, frame 957 | Midcap Financial Trust, as Agent for Lenders | Theraclone Sciences, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 5, 2018 Reel 44543, frame 304 | Kaminsky, Stephen | International Aids Vaccine Initiative | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 17, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.