Lapsed Apr 8, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 30, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
Filed Feb 25, 2009 as application 11/574,876 · Granted Apr 8, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1413 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Apr 8, 2026
2006
2030
Clock starts
Nov 30, 2006
Nov 30, 2006
No longer in force
Apr 8, 2026
Apr 8, 2026
Granted
Apr 8, 2014
Apr 8, 2014
Term would have run to
Oct 13, 2030
Oct 13, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,413
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 Oct 13, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1413 days of term 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 Nov 30, 2006, when application PCT/EP2006/011530, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 25, 2009) | Nov 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1413 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 2030 | 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 Apr 8, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 8, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,728,031 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2022 | Jun 2022 |
| US 8,691,224 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 8,399,468 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US 9,540,432 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 10,538,581 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2009 Reel 22307, frame 606 | Labkovsky, Boris | Abbott Laboratories | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 25, 2009 Reel 22307, frame 692 | Barghorn, Stefan; Hillen, Heinz; Striebinger, Andreas R.; Keller, Patrick; Ebert, Ulrich M. | Abbott GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 26, 2009 Reel 22316, frame 925 | Labkovsky, Boris | Abbott Laboratories | Corrective Assignment to Correct the <docket Number> Previously Recorded on Reel 022307 Frame 0606. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the <8120USO1> to <8126USO1>. |
| Apr 17, 2013 Reel 30231, frame 808 | Abbott Laboratories | AbbVie Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2013 Reel 30804, frame 836 | Abbott GmbH & Co. KG | AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 1413 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
13
later US patents cite this one
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