Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 29, 2027
Held by Abraxis BioSciences, LLC
Filed Jan 30, 2015 as application 14/610,099 · Granted Jun 6, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 29, 2007
Mar 29, 2007
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Jun 6, 2017
Jun 6, 2017
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,415,304, US 8,946,169, US 9,671,406.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 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 Mar 29, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065486, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 30, 2015) | Mar 29, 2027 | 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 8,415,304, US 8,946,169, US 9,671,406) | capped to Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 11, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/065486 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,415,304 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,946,169 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,671,406 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 11, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,415,304, US 8,946,169, US 9,671,406.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.