Also listed on Lilly S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 7, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Dec 18, 2023
Held by Lilly Pathway LLC
Filed Dec 18, 2003 as application 10/738,302 · Granted Nov 11, 2008
Base term plus 1147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2027
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2003
Dec 18, 2003
Term ends
Feb 7, 2027
Feb 7, 2027
Granted
Nov 11, 2008
Nov 11, 2008
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
1,147
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
This patent's term runs 1147 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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 Dec 18, 2003, when this application, 10/738,302, was filed | Dec 18, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1147 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 7, 2027 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 7, 2027 | High confidence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2003 Reel 14820, frame 909 | Nakahara, Tohru; Hiramoto, Takuji; Miura, Kouji; Yamamoto, Masaya; Inoue, Mitsuhiro | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 24, 2008 Reel 21897, frame 653 | Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. | Panasonic Corporation | Change of Name |
| May 27, 2014 Reel 33033, frame 163 | Panasonic Corporation | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2018 Reel 45195, frame 198 | Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America | Global Innovation Aggregators, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 13, 2020 Reel 51579, frame 773 | Global Innovation Aggregators, LLC | K.Mizra LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 19, 2022 Reel 60554, frame 369 | K. Mizra LLC | Lilly Pathway LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 7, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1147 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
16
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2008 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.