Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2030
Held by Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Filed Dec 13, 2012 as application 13/713,238 · Granted Jan 6, 2015
Base term plus 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
Term ends
Nov 12, 2030
Nov 12, 2030
Granted
Jan 6, 2015
Jan 6, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
22
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 runs 22 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Oct 21, 2010, when application 12/909,241, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2012) | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +22 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 12, 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,378,105 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,927,574 | this patent Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,353,088 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,890,141 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 15/882,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/411,598 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29470, frame 354 | Burnier, John | Sarcode Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 14, 2012 Reel 29471, frame 465 | Sarcode Corporation | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50900, frame 268 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Novartis AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54134, frame 708 | Novartis AG | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2023 Reel 65789, frame 853 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 573 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 709 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2030
Term ends Nov 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.