Lapsed Sep 28, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 9, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Hydra Biosciences, Inc.
Filed May 9, 2006 as application 11/431,942 · Granted Sep 28, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 28, 2022
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 9, 2006
May 9, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 28, 2022
Sep 28, 2022
Granted
Sep 28, 2010
Sep 28, 2010
Term would have run to
Jun 14, 2026
Jun 14, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
36
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.
8
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 Jun 14, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 36 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 May 9, 2006, when this application, 11/431,942, was filed | May 9, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 14, 2026 | 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 Sep 28, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 28, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,803,790 | this patent Sep 2022 | Sep 2022 |
| US 7,893,260 | In force Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,916,550 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2007/024100 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 12/755,118 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,552,009 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| Application 14/014,636 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/052,385 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2006 Reel 18053, frame 176 | Chong, Jayhong A.; Fanger, Christopher; Larsen, Glenn R.; Lumma, JR., William C.; Moran, Magdalene M.; Ripka, Amy; Underwood, Dennis John; Weigele, Manfred; Zhen, Xiaoguang | Hydra Biosciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2009 Reel 22227, frame 403 | Mahadevan, Anu; Meltzer, Peter | Organix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2009 Reel 22232, frame 300 | Organix, Inc. | Hydra Biosciences, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% 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
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