Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 4, 2021 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Oct 30, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 1, 2026
Held by Kaleo, Inc.
Filed Mar 16, 2006 as application 10/572,148 · Granted Jul 6, 2010
Base term plus 1002 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Feb 1, 2006
Feb 1, 2006
Term ends
Oct 30, 2028
Oct 30, 2028
Granted
Jul 6, 2010
Jul 6, 2010
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
1,002
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.
67
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 1002 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 Feb 1, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/003415, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 16, 2006) | Feb 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1002 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 30, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 30, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,416,540 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2004/039386 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/648,822 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/731,886 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2006/003415 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,749,194 | this patent Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| Application 60/787,046 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,648,482 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
8 of 67 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 2006 Reel 18547, frame 108 | Edwards, Evan Thomas; Edwards, Eric Shawn; Licata, Mark J. | Intelliject, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 23, 2009 Reel 22144, frame 704 | Intelliject, LLC | Intelliject, Inc. | Merger |
| Jan 14, 2014 Reel 32005, frame 932 | Intelliject, Inc. | Kaleo, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 4, 2021 Reel 57076, frame 316 | Kaleo, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Security Interest |
| Jun 24, 2026 Reel 75814, frame 158 | Kaleo, Inc. | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2028
Term ends Oct 30, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1002 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
360
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2010 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.