Lapsed Aug 6, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 27, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Allergan Sales, LLC
Filed May 17, 2012 as application 13/474,258 · Granted Aug 6, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Aug 6, 2025
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2006
Feb 27, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 6, 2025
Aug 6, 2025
Granted
Aug 6, 2013
Aug 6, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 27, 2026
Feb 27, 2026
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.
3
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 Feb 27, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 27, 2006, when application 11/362,390, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 17, 2012) | Feb 27, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High 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 Aug 6, 2025 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 6, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,598,379 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 8,420,813 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,501,941 | this patent Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1, 2013 Reel 29737, frame 130 | Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2013 Reel 29736, frame 958 | Clinical Data, Inc. | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 1, 2013 Reel 29737, frame 43 | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 19, 2013 Reel 30045, frame 915 | Forest Laboratories Holdings Limited | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date of the Previously Recorded Assignment from December 31, 2011 to March 15, 2013 Previously Recorded on Reel 029737 Frame 0130. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the the Execution Date of the Original Assignment Was Incorrectly Dated December 31, 2011. |
| Jun 26, 2018 Reel 46208, frame 691 | Dogwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Allergan Sales, LLC | Merger |
Sources
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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