Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 27, 2021 (Cibc Bank USA).
Lapsed Sep 11, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Aug 4, 2025
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC
Filed Mar 8, 2011 as application 13/043,133 · Granted Sep 11, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 11, 2024
2005
2026
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2005
Aug 4, 2005
No longer in force
Sep 11, 2024
Sep 11, 2024
Granted
Sep 11, 2012
Sep 11, 2012
Term would have run to
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,197,854, to Aug 4, 2025. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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 Aug 4, 2025: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Aug 4, 2005, when application 11/197,757, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 8, 2011) | Aug 4, 2025 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,197,854) | resolves to Aug 4, 2025, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 11, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 11, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,901,710 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,202,546 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,197,854 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,263,667 | this patent Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,728,535 | Term ended Aug 2025 | Aug 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31767, frame 553 | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | SDK VC Pharma Holding Corp. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 12, 2013 Reel 31767, frame 691 | SDK VC Pharma Holding Corp. | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 3, 2016 Reel 37656, frame 879 | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Cit Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 27, 2021 Reel 57309, frame 950 | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Cibc Bank USA, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2021 Reel 57319, frame 886 | Cit Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 30, 2023 Reel 64133, frame 94 | Vertical Pharmaceuticals, LLC | Cibc Bank USA | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,197,854, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median 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
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