Lapsed Sep 4, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jan 12, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Toprol Acquisition LLC
Filed Jun 24, 2011 as application 13/168,029 · Granted Sep 4, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 4, 2024
2006
2026
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2006
Jan 12, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 4, 2024
Sep 4, 2024
Granted
Sep 4, 2012
Sep 4, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 12, 2026
Jan 12, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
4
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jan 12, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Jan 12, 2006, when application 11/331,324, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 24, 2011) | Jan 12, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 4, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 4, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,605,275 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 7,989,653 | Term ended Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 8,258,319 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,618,314 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2013 Reel 29959, frame 19 | Schering Corporation | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Change of Name |
| Sep 16, 2016 Reel 39767, frame 695 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 29, 2016 Reel 39892, frame 309 | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P.; Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P.; Deerfield Partners, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Sep 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Deerfield Private Design Fund III, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Sep 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Deerfield International Master Fund, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Sep 29, 2016 reel/frame not recorded | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Deerfield Partners, L.p. | Security Interest |
| Aug 24, 2018 Reel 46696, frame 772 | Aralez Pharmaceutical Trading Dac | Deerfield Management Company, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 30, 2018 Reel 46988, frame 741 | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Designated Activity Company | Deerfield Management Company, L.P., as Administrative Agent | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Previously Recorded at Reel: 046696 Frame: 0772. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Aug 31, 2018 Reel 46989, frame 669 | Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Receiving Party/Assignee Address Change for Assignment Recorded at Reel/Frame 039767/0695 |
| Sep 10, 2020 Reel 53731, frame 376 | Toprol Acquisition LLC | Xspire Pharma, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 12, 2020 Reel 54027, frame 47 | Aralez Pharmaceuticals Trading Dac | Toprol Acquisition LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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