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Multi-Cartridge Fluid Delivery Device

US 8,821,443 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2025 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).

Lapsed Sep 2, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 19, 2012 as application 13/719,481 · Granted Sep 2, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 2, 2026
2007 2027
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2007
No longer in force
Sep 2, 2026
Granted
Sep 2, 2014
Term would have run to
Mar 28, 2027
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.
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.
8
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 Mar 28, 2027: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Mar 28, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065363, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 19, 2012)Mar 28, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 2, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 2, 2026High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2007/065363PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,914,499In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,361,053In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,821,443this patent
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 9,687,599In force
Mar 2028
Mar 2028
US 10,493,199In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
Application 16/655,036Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 12,246,159In force
May 2029
May 2029
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
Dec 19, 2012
Reel 29498, frame 883
Gonnelli, Robert; Levesque, Steven F.; Nardi, Ronald V.Biovalve Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2012
Reel 29498, frame 981
Biovalve Technologies, Inc.Valeritas, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2012
Reel 29499, frame 421
Valeritas, Inc.Valeritas, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 28, 2013
Reel 30497, frame 800
Valeritas, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.; Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.; Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
May 28, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Valeritas, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
May 28, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Valeritas, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
May 28, 2013
reel/frame not recorded
Valeritas, Inc.Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Jun 6, 2020
Reel 52859, frame 390
Valeritas, Inc.Zealand Pharma A/SAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 27, 2021
Reel 58593, frame 261
Zealand Pharma A/SZoolander S.A. LLCPatent Security Agreement
Aug 24, 2022
Reel 60887, frame 685
Zoolander S.A. LLCZealand Pharma A/SRelease of Security Interest
Sep 2, 2022
Reel 60984, frame 295
Zealand Pharma A/SMannKind CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2023
Reel 63672, frame 342
Zoolander S.A. LLCZealand Pharma A/SRelease of Security Interest
Aug 12, 2025
Reel 72444, frame 525
MannKind CorporationWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Aug 18, 2025
Reel 72509, frame 386
Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.; Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.; Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Zealand Pharma A/SSale Order / Release of Security Interest

Sources

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

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