Also listed on E R Squibb and Sons LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jul 18, 2026
Held by Amgen Inc.
Filed Jan 14, 2016 as application 14/995,983 · Granted Sep 11, 2018
Base term plus 228 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Jul 18, 2006
Jul 18, 2006
Term ends
Mar 3, 2027
Mar 3, 2027
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 11, 2018
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
228
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
4
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 228 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Jul 18, 2006, when application 11/458,260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 14, 2016) | Jul 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +228 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 3, 2027 | 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 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,868,140 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,981,071 | In force Aug 2029 | Aug 2029 |
| US 9,266,945 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 10,072,090 | this patent 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 1, 2016 Reel 39061, frame 505 | Huang, Haichun | Medarex Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2016 Reel 39061, frame 509 | Siu, Gerald; Shen, Wenyan; Yoshinaga, Steven Kiyoshi | Amgen Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2027
Term ends Mar 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 228 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
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