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Term ends Feb 13, 2028 · High confidence

Filed Oct 22, 2008 as application 12/295,068 · Granted Apr 9, 2013
Base term plus 321 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2028
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2007
Term ends
Feb 13, 2028
Granted
Apr 9, 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
321
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 321 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 29, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065486, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 22, 2008)Mar 29, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+321 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 13, 2028High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 13, 2028High 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
Oct 22, 2008
Reel 21718, frame 758
Trieu, Vuong; Desai, Neil P.; Soon-shiong, PatrickAbraxis Bioscience, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 2, 2009
Reel 22329, frame 811
Abraxis Bioscience, Inc.Abraxis Bioscience, LLCMerger

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