Term ends Feb 23, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 2, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by PharmaJet, Inc.
Filed Sep 29, 2022 as application 17/956,618 · Granted Aug 18, 2026
Base term plus 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2034
Clock starts
Aug 2, 2011
Aug 2, 2011
Term ends
Feb 23, 2034
Feb 23, 2034
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Aug 18, 2026
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
936
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 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.
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 936 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 2, 2011, when application 13/196,419, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 29, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Aug 2, 2031 | 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 | +936 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 23, 2034 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 23, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,408,972 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| Application PCT/US2012/049312 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,433,735 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 10,463,795 | In force Sep 2032 | Sep 2032 |
| US 9,700,675 | In force Dec 2032 | Dec 2032 |
| US 10,322,238 | In force no later than Jan 2033 | no later than Jan 2033 |
| US 11,154,659 | In force no later than May 2033 | no later than May 2033 |
| US 11,471,603 | In force Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2034
Term ends Feb 23, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 936 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.