Also listed on Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Nov 6, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 6, 2027
Held by Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc.
Filed Jul 21, 2011 as application 13/188,195 · Granted Apr 29, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Nov 6, 2007
Nov 6, 2007
Term ends
Nov 6, 2027
Nov 6, 2027
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Apr 29, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
3
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 6, 2007, when application 11/935,959, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2011) | Nov 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Nov 6, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,750,007 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| Application 12/785,322 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,710,057 | this patent Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
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 22, 2012 Reel 27747, frame 334 | Supergen, Inc. | Astex Pharmaceuticals. Inc. | Merger/Name Change |
| Jul 26, 2012 Reel 28650, frame 717 | Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 17, 2016 Reel 40362, frame 884 | Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. | Security Interest |
| Jul 10, 2020 Reel 53175, frame 64 | Bearss, David J.; Liu, Xiao-hui; Vankayalapati, Hariprasad; Xu, Yong | Supergen, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53225, frame 444 | Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Inc. | Merger |
| Jul 16, 2020 Reel 53225, frame 690 | Boston Biomedical, Inc. | Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 17, 2020 Reel 53242, frame 90 | Tolero Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Boston Biomedical, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Receiving Party Name Previously Recorded on Reel 053225 Frame 0444. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger. |
| Apr 25, 2022 Reel 59787, frame 758 | Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Oncology, Inc. | Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Sep 18, 2024 Reel 68618, frame 375 | Sumitomo Pharma Oncology, Inc. | Sumitomo Pharma America, Inc. | Merger |
Sources
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 6, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
15
later US patents cite this one
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