Term ends Feb 9, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,293,727, US 8,293,728), so the cap could be lower.
Filed Mar 12, 2012 as application 13/417,899 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term plus 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2010
Apr 29, 2010
Term ends
Feb 9, 2030
Feb 9, 2030
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
Oct 22, 2013
base term
after the term ends
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
5
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,293,727, US 8,293,728, US 8,324,195, US 8,399,446, US 8,415,335, US 8,445,003.
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.
29
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 5 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Apr 29, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/032948, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 12, 2012) | Apr 29, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +5 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,293,727, US 8,293,728, US 8,324,195, US 8,399,446, US 8,415,335, US 8,445,003) | capped to Feb 9, 2030 | Medium 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 | Feb 9, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/032948 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 13/124,628 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,033,523 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,563,608 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application 13/418,591 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,618,166 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| Application 13/758,332 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,691,871 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
8 of 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2012 Reel 29220, frame 725 | Manku, Mehar; Rowe, Jonathan | Amarin Pharma, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2012 Reel 29220, frame 789 | Amarin Pharma Inc. | Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2012 Reel 29499, frame 87 | Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited | Biopharma Secured Debt Fund II Holdings Cayman LP | Security Agreement |
| Dec 19, 2012 Reel 29501, frame 944 | Osterloh, Ian; Wicker, Pierre; Braeckman, Rene; Soni, Paresh | Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 20, 2017 Reel 44956, frame 395 | Biopharma Secured Debt Fund II Holdings Cayman LP | Cppib Credit Europe S.À R.L. | Patent Security Assignment and Assumption Agreement |
| Dec 21, 2017 Reel 44938, frame 257 | Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited | Cppib Credit Europe S.À R.L. | Security Interest |
| Nov 19, 2020 Reel 54484, frame 552 | Cppib Credit Europe S.À R.L. | Amarin Pharmaceuticals Ireland Limited | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 9, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 5 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,293,727, US 8,293,728, US 8,324,195, US 8,399,446, US 8,415,335, US 8,445,003.
Citations
225
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
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