Also listed on Flamel Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 6, 2026 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 16, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Mar 14, 2023
Held by Flamel Ireland Limited
Filed Jun 23, 2005 as application 10/507,886 · Granted Aug 13, 2013
Base term plus 1951 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2003
2028
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2003
Mar 14, 2003
Term ends
Jul 16, 2028
Jul 16, 2028
Granted
Aug 13, 2013
Aug 13, 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
1,951
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 1951 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 Mar 14, 2003, when application PCT/FR2003/000827, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2005) | Mar 14, 2023 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1951 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2028 | 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 | Jul 16, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,507,003 | this patent Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
1 of 2 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2005 Reel 16716, frame 623 | Jorda, Rafael; Autant, Pierre | Flamel Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2015 Reel 35804, frame 989 | Flamel Technologies | Flamel Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 6, 2026 Reel 75921, frame 596 | Flamel Ireland Limited | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Jul 2028
Term ends Jul 16, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 1951 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
109
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.