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Process for Preparing an A2A-ADENOSINE Receptor Agonist and Its Polymorphs

US 7,956,179 In force
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Term ends Feb 2, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 13, 2010 as application 12/687,077 · Granted Jun 7, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Feb 2, 2007
Term ends
Feb 2, 2027
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 2, 2007, when application 11/701,699, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 13, 2010)Feb 2, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 2, 2027High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 26, 2010
Reel 24148, frame 87
Apex Merger Sub, Inc.; CV Therapeutics, Inc.Gilead Palo Alto, Inc.Merger
Jun 10, 2011
Reel 26424, frame 925
Gilead Palo Alto, Inc.Gilead Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 27, 2012
Reel 29364, frame 518
Zablocki, Jeff; Elzein, ElfatihGilead Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2013
Reel 29716, frame 839
Lemons, Travis; Seemayer, RobertGilead Sciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

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