Term ends Jul 27, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 16, 2026
Held by Phigenix, Inc.
Filed Sep 15, 2008 as application 12/090,191 · Granted Jun 21, 2011
Base term plus 284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 16, 2006
Oct 16, 2006
Term ends
Jul 27, 2027
Jul 27, 2027
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Jun 21, 2011
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
284
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.
37
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 284 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 Oct 16, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/040215, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 15, 2008) | Oct 16, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +284 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 27, 2027 | 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 | Jul 27, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,964,577 | this patent Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,088,603 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application 12/546,292 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2009/054913 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,080,534 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2010/024740 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,318,692 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,735,365 | In force no later than Jul 2027 | no later than Jul 2027 |
8 of 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2014 Reel 32928, frame 541 | Donald, Carlton D. | Medical University of South Carolina | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2014 Reel 32928, frame 724 | Medical University of South Carolina | Musc Foundation for Research Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33695, frame 530 | Musc Foundation for Research Development | Phigenix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2027
Term ends Jul 27, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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.