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Method of Treating Glomerulonephritis by Administering an Antibody Which Binds and Neutralizes Human TGF-BETA1, TGF-BETA2 and TGF-BETA3

US 12,612,453 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended Feb 8, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Held by Optein, Inc.
Filed Sep 16, 2022 as application 17/932,950 · Granted Apr 28, 2026
Base term plus 669 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Feb 8, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Feb 8, 2006
Term ended
Feb 8, 2026
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
base term after the term ends 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
669
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 7,723,486, US 8,383,780, US 8,591,901.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.

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 Feb 8, 2006, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Sep 16, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Feb 8, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+669 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 9, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,723,486, US 8,383,780, US 8,591,901)capped to Feb 8, 2026High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 8, 2026Medium confidence

Sources

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