Term ended Apr 28, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 28, 2026
Held by Viiv Healthcare Company
Filed Feb 8, 2013 as application 13/763,174 · Granted Jul 15, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 28, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2006
Apr 28, 2006
Term ended
Apr 28, 2026
Apr 28, 2026
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Jul 15, 2014
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,183,372, US 8,624,023, to Apr 28, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 Apr 28, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/016604, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 8, 2013) | Apr 28, 2026 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,183,372, US 8,624,023) | resolves to Apr 28, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 28, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/016604 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,129,385 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 8,410,103 | In force Feb 2031 | Feb 2031 |
| US 8,778,943 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,051,337 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 9,273,065 | Term ended Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| Application 15/001,336 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/086,616 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30374, frame 571 | GlaxoSmithKline LLC | Viiv Healthcare Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,183,372, US 8,624,023, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
28
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
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.