Also listed on Forerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 4, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 30, 2028
Held by Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Oct 14, 2009 as application 12/525,031 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term plus 948 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Jan 30, 2008
Jan 30, 2008
Term ends
Sep 4, 2030
Sep 4, 2030
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
Feb 3, 2015
base term
patent term adjustment
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
948
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 runs 948 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Jan 30, 2008, when application PCT/JP2008/051333, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 14, 2009) | Jan 30, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +948 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 4, 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 4, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,946,385 | this patent Sep 2030 | Sep 2030 |
| US 9,733,245 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2025 | Aug 2025 |
2 of 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2009 Reel 23365, frame 554 | Kawai, Shigeto | Forerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2013 Reel 30998, frame 288 | Forerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd. | Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Sep 2030
Term ends Sep 4, 2030.
Note
The 948 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
24
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.