Term ended Jun 3, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 23, 2024
Held by MannKind Corporation
Filed Dec 16, 2008 as application 12/336,363 · Granted Dec 6, 2011
Base term plus 567 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Jun 3, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2004
Apr 23, 2004
Term ended
Jun 3, 2024
Jun 3, 2024
Granted
Dec 6, 2011
Dec 6, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
567
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,530,968.
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.
7
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 567 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 23, 2004, when application 10/831,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 16, 2008) | Apr 23, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +567 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 11, 2025 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,530,968) | capped to Jun 3, 2024 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 3, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,530,968 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,070,726 | this patent Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 9,072,828 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 9,125,983 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,511,187 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,525,194 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 11,642,456 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2009 Reel 23308, frame 701 | Gonnelli, Robert R.; McAllister, Devin V.; Levesque, Steven F. | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2009 Reel 23308, frame 715 | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Valeritas LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 30, 2009 Reel 23308, frame 834 | Valeritas LLC | Valeritas, Inc. | Change of Name |
| May 28, 2013 Reel 30497, frame 800 | Valeritas, Inc. | Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.; Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.; Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P. | Short-Form Patent Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Valeritas, Inc. | Capital Royalty Partners II L.P. | Short-Form Patent Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Valeritas, Inc. | Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P. | Short-Form Patent Security Agreement |
| May 28, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Valeritas, Inc. | Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P. | Short-Form Patent Security Agreement |
| Jun 6, 2020 Reel 52859, frame 390 | Valeritas, Inc. | Zealand Pharma A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 261 | Zealand Pharma A/S | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2022 Reel 60887, frame 685 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2022 Reel 60984, frame 295 | Zealand Pharma A/S | MannKind Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63672, frame 342 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2025 Reel 72509, frame 386 | Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.; Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.; Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P. | Zealand Pharma A/S | Sale Order / Release of Security Interest |
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Note
The 567 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,530,968.
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
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