Term ends Jan 3, 2027 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 3, 2027
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 12,139,549), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Amgen Inc.,
Filed Oct 9, 2018 as application 16/155,859 · Granted Mar 8, 2022
Base term plus 83 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Jan 3, 2007
Jan 3, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2027
Jan 3, 2027
Granted
Mar 8, 2022
Mar 8, 2022
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
83
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,100,124, US 10,383,878, US 11,267,900, US 11,298,359, US 12,139,549, US 12,667,557, US 7,705,130, US 9,101,760, US 9,249,230, US 9,803,025, US 9,988,462.
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.
9
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 83 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jan 3, 2007, when application 11/649,722, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 9, 2018) | Jan 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +83 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 27, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,100,124, US 10,383,878, US 11,267,900, US 11,298,359, US 12,139,549, US 12,667,557, US 7,705,130, US 9,101,760, US 9,249,230, US 9,803,025, US 9,988,462) | capped to Jan 3, 2027 | Medium 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 | Jan 3, 2027 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,705,130 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,249,230 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 9,101,760 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,803,025 | In force Aug 2027 | Aug 2027 |
| US 10,100,124 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 9,988,462 | In force Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
| US 12,139,549 | In force no later than Apr 2031 | no later than Apr 2031 |
| US 11,267,900 | this patent Jan 2027 | Jan 2027 |
8 of 9 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
Jan 2027
Term ends Jan 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 83 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,100,124, US 10,383,878, US 11,267,900, US 11,298,359, US 12,139,549, US 12,667,557, US 7,705,130, US 9,101,760, US 9,249,230, US 9,803,025, US 9,988,462.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.