Term ends Jul 1, 2032 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 20, 2032
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Wyeth LLC
Filed Dec 5, 2019 as application 16/704,777 · Granted Dec 27, 2022
Base term plus 72 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Apr 20, 2012
Apr 20, 2012
Term ends
Jul 1, 2032
Jul 1, 2032
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Dec 27, 2022
base term
patent term adjustment
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
72
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
13
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 72 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are 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 Apr 20, 2012, when application 13/451,631, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 5, 2019); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +72 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 1, 2032 | 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 | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 1, 2032 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,481,692 | Surrendered on reissue Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US 8,557,548 | Surrendered on reissue Apr 2017 | Apr 2017 |
| US 8,900,597 | Surrendered on reissue Aug 2017 | Aug 2017 |
| US 9,745,354 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 9,187,536 | Surrendered on reissue Dec 2021 | Dec 2021 |
| US RE46,376 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US RE46,518 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
| US 10,774,117 | In force Apr 2032 | Apr 2032 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 2023 Reel 63165, frame 455 | Wyeth LLC | Wyeth LLC | Assignee Address Correction |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2032
Term ends Jul 1, 2032.
Note
The 72 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2022 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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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.