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Compositions and Methods for Modulating a Kinase Cascade

US 8,124,605 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 22, 2020 (Oaktree Fund Administration, LLC).

Term ends Aug 22, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 7, 2008 as application 12/217,721 · Granted Feb 28, 2012
Base term plus 411 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2008 2029
Clock starts
Jul 7, 2008
Term ends
Aug 22, 2029
Granted
Feb 28, 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
411
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.

This patent's term runs 411 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 7, 2008, when this application, 12/217,721, was filedJul 7, 2028High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+411 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 22, 2029High 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 orderAug 22, 2029High confidence

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
Sep 19, 2008
Reel 21558, frame 471
Hangauer, David G., JR.Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 10, 2015
Reel 36585, frame 786
Kinex Pharmaceuticals, LLCKinex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 21, 2015
Reel 36644, frame 296
Kinex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Athenex, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 3, 2018
Reel 47247, frame 812
Athenex, Inc.Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LPPatent Security Agreement
Jun 19, 2020
Reel 52990, frame 677
Perceptive Credit Holdings II, LPAthenex, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jun 22, 2020
Reel 53005, frame 657
Athenex, Inc.Oaktree Fund Administration, LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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