Also listed on Biovalve Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2025 (Wilmington Trust, National Association).
Term ends Mar 15, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 28, 2027
Held by MannKind Corporation
Filed Jul 28, 2014 as application 14/341,879 · Granted Jun 27, 2017
Base term plus 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Mar 28, 2007
Mar 28, 2007
Term ends
Mar 15, 2028
Mar 15, 2028
Granted
Jun 27, 2017
Jun 27, 2017
base term
patent term adjustment
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
353
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 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.
8
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 353 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 28, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/065363, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 28, 2014) | Mar 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +353 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 15, 2028 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2007/065363 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 7,914,499 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,361,053 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 8,821,443 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,687,599 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 10,493,199 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 16/655,036 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 12,246,159 | In force May 2029 | May 2029 |
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 28, 2014 Reel 33398, frame 218 | Gonnelli, Robert; Levesque, Steven F.; Nardi, Ronald V. | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2014 Reel 33398, frame 227 | Biovalve Technologies, Inc. | Valeritas, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 28, 2014 Reel 33420, frame 845 | 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 |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72444, frame 525 | MannKind Corporation | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 15, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 353 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above 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
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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.