Also listed on Forerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jun 2, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 12, 2027
Held by Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha
Filed Jun 23, 2009 as application 12/444,916 · Granted Apr 28, 2015
Base term plus 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Oct 12, 2007
Oct 12, 2007
Term ends
Jun 2, 2028
Jun 2, 2028
Granted
Apr 28, 2015
Apr 28, 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
234
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.
2
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 234 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 12, 2007, when application PCT/JP2007/069988, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2009) | Oct 12, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +234 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 2, 2028 | 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 | Jun 2, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,017,684 | this patent Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
1 of 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2009 Reel 22863, frame 443 | Ito, Hirotaka; Yoshida, Kenji | Forerunner Pharma Research Co., Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 23, 2009 Reel 22863, frame 495 | Aburatani, Hiroyuki | The University of Tokyo | 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
Jun 2028
Term ends Jun 2, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 234 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
62
later US patents cite this one
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