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Use of Inhibitors of Bruton's Tyrosine Kinase (BTK)

US 8,754,090 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jun 3, 2031 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Dec 29, 2011 as application 13/340,522 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 3, 2011
Ends no later than
Jun 3, 2031
Granted
Jun 17, 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
25
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. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 3, 2011, when application 13/153,317, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 29, 2011)Jun 3, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jun 3, 2031Medium confidence

This family

Application 13/153,317Abandoned
not computed
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US 8,754,090this patent
no later than Jun 2031
no later than Jun 2031
Application 13/340,533Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 13/736,812Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,999,999In force
no later than Jun 2031
no later than Jun 2031
Application 13/747,319Abandoned
not computed
not computed
Application 13/869,700Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 9,801,881In force
Jun 2031
Jun 2031
8 of 25 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 3, 2012
Reel 27471, frame 541
Buggy, Joseph J.; Elias, Laurence; Fyfe, Gwen; Hedrick, Erik; Loury, David J.; Mody, Tarak D.Pharmacyclics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2015
Reel 36058, frame 429
Oxford Amherst CorporationPharmacyclics, Inc.Merger
Jul 10, 2015
Reel 36058, frame 755
Pharmacyclics, Inc.; Oxford Amherst LLCPharmacyclics LLCMerger and Change of Name
May 17, 2016
Reel 38722, frame 1
Oxford Amherst Corporation; Parmacyclics, Inc.Pharmacyclics, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 036058 Frame 0429. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger.
May 17, 2016
Reel 38722, frame 43
Pharmacyclics, Inc.; Oxford Amherst LLCPharmacyclics LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data Previously Recorded on Reel 036058 Frame 0755. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Merger and Change of Name.

Sources

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

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