Also listed on Schering Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 19, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 30, 2026
Held by Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC
Filed Nov 13, 2007 as application 11/920,306 · Granted Oct 19, 2010
Base term plus 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 30, 2006
May 30, 2006
Term ends
Nov 19, 2026
Nov 19, 2026
Granted
Oct 19, 2010
Oct 19, 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
173
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,790,754, to Nov 19, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
2
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 173 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 May 30, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/020668, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2007) | May 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +173 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,790,754) | resolves to Nov 19, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Nov 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/020668 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,816,380 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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, 2008 Reel 21062, frame 682 | Kuduk, Scott D.; Wood, Michael R. | Merck & Co., Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2010 Reel 23845, frame 940 | Merck & Co., Inc. | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Change of Name |
| Aug 27, 2012 Reel 28850, frame 515 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Schering Corporation | Merger |
| Aug 29, 2012 Reel 28866, frame 511 | Schering Corporation | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Change of Name |
| Aug 8, 2022 Reel 61102, frame 145 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 19, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 173 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,790,754, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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.