Term ends Jan 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 12, 2026
Held by Morphosys AG
Filed Apr 10, 2008 as application 12/089,806 · Granted Jan 3, 2012
Base term plus 460 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2028
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2006
Oct 12, 2006
Term ends
Jan 15, 2028
Jan 15, 2028
Granted
Jan 3, 2012
Jan 3, 2012
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
460
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.
8
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 460 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 12, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/009889, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 10, 2008) | Oct 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +460 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 15, 2028 | 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 | Jan 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,088,896 | this patent Jan 2028 | Jan 2028 |
| US 8,486,394 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,193,799 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 10,184,005 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 11,059,902 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 11,939,395 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| Application 18/418,804 | Pending not computed | not computed |
7 of 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 2008 Reel 20787, frame 410 | Tesar, Michael | Morphosys AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 6, 2013 Reel 29765, frame 308 | Tesar, Michael; Jaeger, Ute | Morphosys AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 28, 2017 Reel 42357, frame 552 | Morphosys AG | Morphosys AG | Excerpt of Commercial Register Reflecting New Address |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jan 2028
Term ends Jan 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 460 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
70
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.