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Aerosol Pirfenidone and Pyridone Analog Compounds and Uses Thereof

US 12,226,407 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Jan 31, 2032 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,071,741, US 12,023,342), so the cap could be lower.

Filed Jan 5, 2023 as application 18/093,774 · Granted Feb 18, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2012
Term ends
Jan 31, 2032
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,028,966, US 10,092,552, US 10,105,356, US 10,610,536, US 11,071,741, US 11,224,592, US 11,452,718, US 12,023,342, US 9,770,443, to Jan 31, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 0 of 1 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 31, 2012, when application 13/363,311, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 5, 2023)Jan 31, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,028,966, US 10,092,552, US 10,105,356, US 10,610,536, US 11,071,741, US 11,224,592, US 11,452,718, US 12,023,342, US 9,770,443)resolves to Jan 31, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 31, 2032Medium confidence

This family

US 10,092,552In force
Apr 2032
Apr 2032
US 10,105,356In force
Apr 2032
Apr 2032
US 11,224,592In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application 16/167,337Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,452,718In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
US 11,559,520In force
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
Application 17/576,830Pending
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US 12,226,407this patent
Jan 2032
Jan 2032
8 of 9 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 5, 2023
Reel 62289, frame 151
Surber, Mark WilliamAvalyn Pharma Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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