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Posterior Segment Drug Delivery

US 11,642,310 In force
OverviewSources & methods

Term ends Jan 27, 2030 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,277,830), so the cap could be lower.

Held by Forsight VISION4, Inc.
Filed Apr 7, 2020 as application 16/842,059 · Granted May 9, 2023
Base term plus 149 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jan 29, 2010
Term ends
Jan 27, 2030
Granted
May 9, 2023
base term after the term ends 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
149
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 10,617,557, US 10,656,152, US 8,277,830, US 8,399,006, US 8,795,712, US 8,808,727.
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.

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 filingClock starts Jan 29, 2010, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Apr 7, 2020)Jan 29, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+149 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 27, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,617,557, US 10,656,152, US 8,277,830, US 8,399,006, US 8,795,712, US 8,808,727)capped to Jan 27, 2030Medium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 27, 2030Medium confidence

Sources

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