Also listed on Merck Sharp and Dohme LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 6, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 13, 2028
Held by Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V.
Filed Jun 21, 2010 as application 12/663,950 · Granted Jan 15, 2013
Base term plus 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2008
Jun 13, 2008
Term ends
Dec 6, 2028
Dec 6, 2028
Granted
Jan 15, 2013
Jan 15, 2013
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
176
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.
7
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 176 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 Jun 13, 2008, when application PCT/US2008/007463, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 21, 2010) | Jun 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +176 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 6, 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 | Dec 6, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2008/007463 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,354,509 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,900,587 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,952,136 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
| US 9,834,605 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
| US 11,117,961 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| Application 17/469,359 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 20, 2010 Reel 24258, frame 509 | Carven, Gregory John; Van Eenennaam, Hans; Dulos, Gradus Johannes | N.V. Organon | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2011 Reel 27307, frame 482 | N.V. Organon | MSD Oss B.V. | Merger |
| Mar 7, 2013 Reel 29939, frame 1 | MSD Oss B.V. | Organon Biosciences Nederland B.V. | Merger |
| Mar 8, 2013 Reel 29940, frame 296 | Organon Biosciences Nederland B.V. | Merck Sharp & Dohme B.V. | Merger |
| Sep 27, 2013 Reel 31305, frame 417 | Carven, Gregory John; Van Eenennaam, Hans; Dulos, Gradus Johannes | N.V. Organon | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Application Number to Which This Recordation Is Related from Ussn 12/662950 Previously Recorded on Reel 024258 Frame 0509. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Application Number to Which This Recordation Is Related Should Be Ussn 12/663950. |
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 6, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 176 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
461
later US patents cite this one
That is top 1% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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