Term ends Aug 14, 2027
Term ends Jul 3, 2023
Base term plus 1503 days of PTA
Today
20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional
Expires in 11 months
2003
2027
Clock starts
Jul 3, 2003
Jul 3, 2003
Granted
Jun 15, 2010
Jun 15, 2010
Term ends
Aug 14, 2027
Aug 14, 2027
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Computed Aug 22, 2026 · countdowns run from that date · how we know
1,503
Days of PTA
3
Applications in this family
This patent's term runs 1503 days past the statutory base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are paid, so nothing but the term itself will end it. Confidence: Medium. from the record
How this date was computed
Every step shows its rule, its 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, 20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional | Clock starts Jul 3, 2003 | Jul 3, 2023 | High |
| Patent term adjustment | +1503 days, USPTO PTA record | Aug 14, 2027 | High |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None found; file history unreviewed | no cap applied | Medium |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | in-force | High |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 14, 2027 | Medium |
The computation, verbatim
base=20y-from-earliest-nonprovisional: 2003-07-03+20y | =2023-07-03 | PTA+1503d=2027-08-14 | PTE:none | TD:none | paid 4yr@2013-12-16,8yr@2017-12-05,12yr@2021-12-08 | status=in-force@2027-08-14
unresolved parents: PCTBE2003000117; chain has unresolved parents (dated from child's own claim)
This family
| US 7,737,162 | this patent | Aug 2027 |
| US 8,779,141 | expired-term | Jun 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | De Clercq, Erik; Neyts, Johan | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 18, 2005 reel/frame not recorded | Askari, Hossein; Bone, Roger F.; Rentzeperis, Dionisios; Springer, Barry A. | Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Puerstinger, Gerhard | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2009 reel/frame not recorded | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 4, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | K.U. Leuven Research & Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 3, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | De Clercq, Erik; Neyts, Johan | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 016380 Frame 0873. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 3, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Assignee''s Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 023353 Frame 0990. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 3, 2018 reel/frame not recorded | Puerstinger, Gerhard | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Second Assignee''s Name and Address Previously Recorded on Reel 023353 Frame 0990. Assignor(s) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Aug 22, 2026Aug 2027
Term ends. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1503 days of PTA are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of patents granted in 2010, the only group it is compared against.
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