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Metabolism-Improving Agent Comprising Rare Fatty Acid

US 9,707,200 In force
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Also listed on Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 14, 2033 · High confidence

Held by Noster Inc.
Filed Apr 28, 2015 as application 14/439,146 · Granted Jul 18, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Oct 14, 2013
Term ends
Oct 14, 2033
Granted
Jul 18, 2017
base term 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.
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.
2
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 14, 2013, when application PCT/JP2013/077871, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2015)Oct 14, 2033High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 14, 2033High confidence

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US 9,707,200this patent
Oct 2033
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jun 1, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Kawada, Teruo; Kishino, Shigenobu; Ogawa, Jun; Park, Si-bum; Yonejima, Yasunori; Takahashi, Nobuyuki; Kim, Hidekazu; Goto, Tsuyoshi; Sugawara, Tatsuya; Hirata, TakashiKyoto UniversityAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Kawada, Teruo; Kishino, Shigenobu; Ogawa, Jun; Park, Si-bum; Yonejima, Yasunori; Takahashi, Nobuyuki; Kim, Hidekazu; Goto, Tsuyoshi; Sugawara, Tatsuya; Hirata, TakashiNitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 1, 2015
Reel 35756, frame 546
Ogawa, Jun; Kishino, Shigenobu; Park, Si-bum; Kawada, Teruo; Takahashi, Nobuyuki; Goto, Tsuyoshi; Kim, Hidekazu; Sugawara, Tatsuya; Hirata, Takashi; Yonejima, YasunoriKyoto University; Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 14, 2021
Reel 55920, frame 263
Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.Noster Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 9, 2024
Reel 68851, frame 663
Kyoto UniversityNoster Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 18, 2024
Reel 69207, frame 122
Kyoto UniversityNoster Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Property Type from Application Number to Patent Number for 10952983 and 10975397 Previously Recorded at Reel: 68851 Frame: 663. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.

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