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Compounds for the Treatment of Metabolic Disorders

US 8,481,595 In force
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Term ends Oct 6, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Jul 12, 2010 as application 12/812,514 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 266 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2009
Term ends
Oct 6, 2029
Granted
Jul 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
266
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.
2
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 266 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 13, 2009, when application PCT/US2009/030845, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 12, 2010)Jan 13, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+266 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordOct 6, 2029High 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 orderOct 6, 2029High 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
Aug 16, 2013
Reel 31029, frame 875
Wellstat Therapeutics CorporationWhite Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Sep 18, 2013
Reel 31227, frame 227
Wellstat Therapeutics CorporationPDL Biopharma, Inc.Security Agreement
Jan 21, 2021
Reel 55056, frame 891
White Oak Global Advisors, LLC, as Administrative AgentWellstat Therapeutics CorporationRelease of Security Interest
Nov 6, 2023
Reel 65474, frame 475
Wellstat Therapeutics CorporationPharma Cinq, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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