Term ended Apr 23, 2024 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Apr 23, 2024
USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jan 13, 2025.
Held by MannKind Corporation
Filed Jul 27, 2015 as application 14/809,436 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Apr 23, 2024
2004
2026
Clock starts
Apr 23, 2004
Apr 23, 2004
Term ended
Apr 23, 2024
Apr 23, 2024
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 2016
base term
after the term ends
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 9,125,983, to Apr 23, 2024. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
7
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. 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 Apr 23, 2004, when application 10/831,354, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 27, 2015) | Apr 23, 2024 | 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 9,125,983) | resolves to Apr 23, 2024, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| USPTO status record | Recorded as expired for non-payment on Jan 13, 2025, after the term ended | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 23, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,530,968 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 8,070,726 | Term ended Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 9,072,828 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 9,125,983 | Term ended Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 9,511,187 | this patent Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 10,525,194 | Term ended Apr 2024 | Apr 2024 |
| US 11,642,456 | Term ended Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2015 Reel 36185, frame 519 | Gonnelli, Robert R.; McAllister, Devin V.; Levesque, Steven F. | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2015 Reel 36185, frame 565 | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Valeritas LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 27, 2015 Reel 36190, frame 283 | Valeritas LLC | Valeritas, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 6, 2020 Reel 52859, frame 390 | Valeritas, Inc. | Zealand Pharma A/S | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 27, 2021 Reel 58593, frame 261 | Zealand Pharma A/S | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Patent Security Agreement |
| Aug 24, 2022 Reel 60887, frame 685 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 2, 2022 Reel 60984, frame 295 | Zealand Pharma A/S | MannKind Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2023 Reel 63672, frame 342 | Zoolander S.A. LLC | Zealand Pharma A/S | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,125,983, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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