Controlled-Release Otic Structure Modulating and Innate Immune System Modulating Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Otic Disorders

US 10,092,580 Lapsed on the fee record

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Lapsed Oct 9, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse.

Held by The Regents of the University of California

Filed Jul 20, 2009 as application 12/506,091 · Granted Oct 9, 2018

Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 491 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

Lapsed Oct 9, 2026

2009 2030

Clock starts
Jul 20, 2009

No longer in force
Oct 9, 2026

Granted
Oct 9, 2018

Term would have run to
Nov 23, 2030

base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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

491

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

1 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.

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Step	Input	Date after this step	Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filing	Clock starts Jul 20, 2009, when this application, 12/506,091, was filed	Jul 20, 2029	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+491 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Nov 23, 2030	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	No fee event states this; the fee state is read from the payments the fee record holds; the fee record shows no payment for this window, and USPTO's status still reads "Patented Case"	lapsed Oct 9, 2026	Low confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Oct 9, 2026	Low confidence

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Controlled-Release Otic Structure Modulating and Innate Immune System Modulating Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Otic Disorders

Lapsed Oct 9, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence

20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2029

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