Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 9, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2030
Held by Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Filed Oct 21, 2010 as application 12/909,241 · Granted Feb 19, 2013
Base term plus 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
Term ends
Mar 9, 2031
Mar 9, 2031
Granted
Feb 19, 2013
Feb 19, 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
139
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.
6
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 139 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 Oct 21, 2010, when this application, 12/909,241, was filed | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +139 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 9, 2031 | 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 | Mar 9, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,378,105 | this patent Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,927,574 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,353,088 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,890,141 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 15/882,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/411,598 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 29, 2010 Reel 25552, frame 797 | Burnier, John | Sarcode Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2011 Reel 26876, frame 312 | Sarcode Corporation | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 8, 2013 Reel 29778, frame 888 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Apr 25, 2013 Reel 30295, frame 28 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50900, frame 268 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Novartis AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54134, frame 708 | Novartis AG | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2023 Reel 65789, frame 853 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 573 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 709 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2031
Term ends Mar 9, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 139 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.