Also listed on Biovalve Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2025 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Mar 28, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2027
Held by MannKind Corporation
Filed May 17, 2017 as application 15/597,981 · Granted Dec 3, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2007
Mar 28, 2007
Term ends
Mar 28, 2027
Mar 28, 2027
Granted
Dec 3, 2019
Dec 3, 2019
base term
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 28, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065363, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2017) | Mar 28, 2027 | 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 | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 28, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/065363 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,914,499 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,361,053 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,821,443 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,687,599 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,493,199 | this patent Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 16/655,036 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,246,159 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50581, frame 707 | Gonnelli, Robert; Levesque, Steven F.; Nardi, Ronald V. | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 50582, frame 86 | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Valeritas, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 1, 2019 Reel 51034, frame 215 | Valeritas, LLC | Valeritas, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 6, 2020 Reel 52859, frame 390 | Valeritas, Inc. | Zealand Pharma A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 261 | Zealand Pharma A/S | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2022 Reel 60887, frame 685 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2022 Reel 60984, frame 295 | Zealand Pharma A/S | MannKind Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63672, frame 342 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72444, frame 525 | MannKind Corporation | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
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Mar 2027
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