Term ends Nov 5, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 30, 2024
Held by Allergan, Inc.
Filed Dec 15, 2005 as application 11/303,462 · Granted Aug 9, 2011
Base term plus 1284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2027
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2004
Apr 30, 2004
Term ends
Nov 5, 2027
Nov 5, 2027
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Aug 9, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,284
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.
49
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 1284 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 Apr 30, 2004, when application 10/837,260, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 15, 2005) | Apr 30, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1284 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 5, 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 | Nov 5, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,799,336 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 8,425,929 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2005/013659 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2005/014605 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 11/118,519 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,993,634 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| Application 11/368,845 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 11/371,117 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 49 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 11, 2006 Reel 17608, frame 743 | Hughes, Patrick M.; Boix, Michele; Sarrazin, Christian; Do, Marina | Allergan, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2006 Reel 17838, frame 173 | Chang, James; Hughes, Patrick M.; Chang, Chin-ming | Allergan, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 5, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1284 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
118
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.