Term ends Jan 8, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 30, 2032
Held by Amgen Inc.
Filed Aug 30, 2012 as application 13/599,727 · Granted Dec 6, 2016
Base term plus 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2012
Aug 30, 2012
Term ends
Jan 8, 2033
Jan 8, 2033
Granted
Dec 6, 2016
Dec 6, 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
131
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.
16
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 131 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 Aug 30, 2012, when this application, 13/599,727, was filed | Aug 30, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +131 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 8, 2033 | 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 | Jan 8, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,939,935 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| US 9,511,189 | this patent Jan 2033 | Jan 2033 |
| US 9,707,337 | In force Jun 2033 | Jun 2033 |
| US D745,142 | In force Dec 2029 | Dec 2029 |
| US 9,814,832 | In force Jan 2034 | Jan 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/013005 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,707,335 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 9,999,727 | In force no later than Apr 2034 | no later than Apr 2034 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 28, 2012 Reel 29363, frame 408 | O'connor, Sean M.; Decker, Robert; Shetty, Gautam N.; Destefano, Mark A.; Hanson, Ian B.; Bente, Paul F., IV | Unitract Syringe Pty Ltd. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 13, 2014 Reel 32446, frame 319 | Unitract Syringe Pty Ltd. | Ros Acquisition Offshore LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 8, 2017 Reel 43482, frame 722 | Unilife Corporation; Unilife Medical Solutions, Inc.; Unitract Syringe Pty Ltd. Acn 101 059 723; Unilife Medical Solutions Pty Limited Acn 008 071 403 | Unl Holdings LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 9, 2025 Reel 73057, frame 641 | Unl Holdings LLC | Amgen Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2033
Term ends Jan 8, 2033. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 131 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
100
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
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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.