Lapsed Apr 9, 2025 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 16, 2031
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc.
Filed Apr 12, 2012 as application 13/445,656 · Granted Apr 9, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 9, 2025
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 16, 2011
Dec 16, 2011
No longer in force
Apr 9, 2025
Apr 9, 2025
Granted
Apr 9, 2013
Apr 9, 2013
Term would have run to
Dec 16, 2031
Dec 16, 2031
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.
7
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 Dec 16, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: Medium. 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 Dec 16, 2011, when application PCT/US2011/065665, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 12, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Dec 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium 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 Apr 9, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 9, 2025 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2011/065665 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,414,922 | this patent Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,846,074 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,283,219 | In force no later than Dec 2031 | no later than Dec 2031 |
| US 9,427,412 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2024 | Aug 2024 |
| US 10,285,953 | In force no later than Dec 2031 | no later than Dec 2031 |
| US 11,419,769 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
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 12, 2013 Reel 29975, frame 299 | Giovinazzo, Anthony John; Bryson, Nathan John | Cynapsus Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 12, 2013 Reel 29975, frame 394 | Barnhart, Scott David; Koons, Michael Clinton | Arx, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 23, 2015 Reel 35230, frame 355 | Arx, LLC | Cynapsus Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2016 Reel 40277, frame 773 | Sunovion CNS Development Canada ULC | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2016 Reel 40587, frame 262 | Cynapsus Therapeutics Inc. | Project Pegasus Sub Acquisition ULC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 10, 2016 Reel 40588, frame 155 | Project Pegasus Sub Acquisition ULC | Sunovion CNS Development Canada ULC | Merger |
| Dec 15, 2016 Reel 40940, frame 603 | Sunovion CNS Development Canada ULC | Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Effective Date of Assignment Previously Recorded at Reel: 040277 Frame: 0773. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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Citations
91
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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