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Delayed Release Tablet with Defined Core Geometry

US 8,309,124 Term ended
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Term ended Apr 23, 2024 · High confidence

Held by Jagotec AG
Filed Mar 19, 2012 as application 13/424,069 · Granted Nov 13, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Apr 23, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2004
Term ended
Apr 23, 2024
Granted
Nov 13, 2012
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.
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.
7
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Apr 23, 2004, when application PCT/IB2004/001693, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 19, 2012)Apr 23, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 23, 2024High confidence

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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
Feb 11, 2014
Reel 32196, frame 154
Vergnault, Guy, MR.; Grenier, Pascal, DR.; Dragan, Christophe, MR.Jagotec AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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