Term ends Jul 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 4, 2029
Held by Wyeth LLC
Filed Aug 4, 2009 as application 12/534,895 · Granted Mar 11, 2014
Base term plus 713 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2031
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2009
Aug 4, 2009
Term ends
Jul 18, 2031
Jul 18, 2031
Granted
Mar 11, 2014
Mar 11, 2014
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
713
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.
46
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 713 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 Aug 4, 2009, when this application, 12/534,895, was filed | Aug 4, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +713 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 18, 2031 | 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 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/003717 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,603,314 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,022,216 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,669,273 | this patent Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 12/539,914 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,518,446 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/020080 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,173,814 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 8, 2011 Reel 27195, frame 282 | Wang, Kenneth; Zacharchuk, Charles; Quinn, Susan; Binlich, Florence | Wyeth | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 8, 2011 Reel 27195, frame 302 | Zacharchuk, Charles Michael; Quinn, Susan Elizabeth; Wang, Kenneth Kuan-yuen; Binlich, Florence Marie-helene | Wyeth | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 27, 2014 Reel 33033, frame 7 | Wyeth | Wyeth LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jul 2031
Term ends Jul 18, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 713 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.