Lapsed Jun 1, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 13, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by AbbVie Inc.
Filed Feb 13, 2007 as application 11/674,518 · Granted Jun 1, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 466 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 1, 2022
2007
2028
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2007
Feb 13, 2007
No longer in force
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
Granted
Jun 1, 2010
Jun 1, 2010
Term would have run to
May 24, 2028
May 24, 2028
base term
patent term adjustment
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
466
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
6
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 24, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 466 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 13, 2007, when this application, 11/674,518, was filed | Feb 13, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +466 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 24, 2028 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 1, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 1, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,728,031 | this patent Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 8,691,224 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,399,468 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 9,540,432 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 10,538,581 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
5 of 6 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 2007 Reel 19389, frame 940 | Cowart, Marlon D.; Zhao, Chen; Sun, Minghua; Black, Lawrence A.; Zheng, Guo Zhu; Gregg, Robert J.; Zhang, Geoff G.z.; Sheikh, Ahmad Y.; Lou, Xiaochun; Henry, Rodger F.; Barnes, David M.; Kolaczkowski, Lawrence; Haight, Anthony R.; Chang, Sou-jen; Wittenberger, Steven J.; Fickes, Michael G. | Abbott Laboratories | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30231, frame 808 | Abbott Laboratories | AbbVie Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 466 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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