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Sustained Release Drug Delivery Devices, Methods of Use, and Methods of Manufacturing Thereof

US 8,574,659 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ended no later than Jun 8, 2020 · Low confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 13, 2021.

Filed Jan 15, 2010 as application 12/688,132 · Granted Nov 5, 2013
Base term plus 43 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Ended no later than Jun 8, 2020
2000 2026
Clock starts
Apr 26, 2000
Ended no later than
Jun 8, 2020
Granted
Nov 5, 2013
base term patent term adjustment 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
43
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
12
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 43 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 Apr 26, 2000, when application 09/558,207, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 15, 2010); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Apr 26, 2020High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustment+43 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 8, 2020High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 13, 2021, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jun 8, 2020Low confidence

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Application 10/762,421Abandoned
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Application 10/762,439Abandoned
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Application 11/894,694Abandoned
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US 8,574,659this patent
no later than Jun 2020
no later than Jun 2020
US 8,574,613Term ended
no later than Apr 2020
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8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jan 26, 2010
Reel 23849, frame 399
Guo, Hong; Ashton, PaulControl Delivery Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2010
Reel 23849, frame 476
Control Delivery Systems, Inc.Psivida Inc.Merger
Jun 27, 2012
Reel 28450, frame 310
Psivida Inc.Psivida US, Inc.Change of Name
Apr 5, 2018
Reel 45848, frame 670
Psivida Corp.SWK Funding LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 48329, frame 45
Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 48329, frame 136
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida Corp.; Psivida US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida Corp.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida US, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentIcon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2019
Reel 49108, frame 700
Psivida US, Inc.Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 14, 2022
Reel 59365, frame 112
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentIcon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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