Term ends May 27, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 27, 2030
Filed Jul 24, 2013 as application 13/949,565 · Granted Nov 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
May 27, 2010
May 27, 2010
Term ends
May 27, 2030
May 27, 2030
Granted
Nov 3, 2015
Nov 3, 2015
base term
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 8,546,548, to May 27, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
5
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. 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 May 27, 2010, when application 12/789,345, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 24, 2013) | May 27, 2030 | 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 8,546,548) | resolves to May 27, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | May 27, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,546,548 | In force May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 9,175,068 | this patent May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 10,125,189 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 11,242,380 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
| US 12,630,613 | In force May 2030 | May 2030 |
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 25, 2013 Reel 31477, frame 614 | Teschner, Wolfgang; Butterweck, Harald Arno; Pljevljakovic, Azra; Bauer, Theresa Friederike; Koelbl, Bernhard; Schwarz, Hans-peter; Nikolic, Nebojsa; Poelsler, Gerhard; Kindermann, Johanna | Baxter International Inc.; Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Bauer, Theresa Friederike; Koelbl, Bernhard; Teschner, Wolfgang; Kindermann, Johanna; Butterweck, Harald Arno; Nikolic, Nebojsa; Poelsler, Gerhard; Pljevljakovic, Azra; Schwarz, Hans-peter | Baxter International Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 25, 2013 reel/frame not recorded | Bauer, Theresa Friederike; Koelbl, Bernhard; Teschner, Wolfgang; Kindermann, Johanna; Butterweck, Harald Arno; Nikolic, Nebojsa; Poelsler, Gerhard; Pljevljakovic, Azra; Schwarz, Hans-peter | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36360, frame 1 | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta GmbH; Baxalta Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36372, frame 1 | Baxter International Inc. | Baxalta GmbH; Baxalta Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter International Inc. | Baxalta GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter International Inc. | Baxalta Incorporated | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 17, 2015 Reel 36621, frame 554 | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta GmbH; Baxalta Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Parties Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 036360 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta GmbH | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Parties Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 036360 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Sep 17, 2015 reel/frame not recorded | Baxter Healthcare S.A. | Baxalta Incorporated | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Parties Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 036360 Frame: 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jan 31, 2021 Reel 55188, frame 953 | Baxalta GmbH; Baxalta Incorporated | Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
May 2030
Term ends May 27, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,546,548, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.