Also listed on Flamel Technologies, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 17, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 24, 2030
Held by Flamel Ireland Limited
Filed Mar 23, 2012 as application 13/381,457 · Granted Jan 12, 2016
Base term plus 632 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2032
Clock starts
Jun 24, 2010
Jun 24, 2010
Term ends
Mar 17, 2032
Mar 17, 2032
Granted
Jan 12, 2016
Jan 12, 2016
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
632
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 632 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 Jun 24, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/039745, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 23, 2012) | Jun 24, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +632 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 17, 2032 | 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 | Mar 17, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2010/039745 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,233,993 | this patent Mar 2032 | Mar 2032 |
| US 9,775,355 | In force Jun 2030 | Jun 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2012 Reel 27928, frame 620 | Lemercier, Alain | Flamel Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 26, 2012 Reel 27928, frame 653 | Soula, Olivier | Flamel Technologies | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 7, 2017 Reel 44758, frame 366 | Flamel Technologies | Flamel Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 8, 2017 Reel 44337, frame 329 | Brinker, Ronald J. | Monsanto Technology LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 26, 2017 Reel 44960, frame 883 | Flamel Technologies | Flamel Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Mar 2032
Term ends Mar 17, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 632 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.