Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Oct 21, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 21, 2030
Held by Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Filed May 3, 2016 as application 15/144,892 · Granted Feb 13, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Oct 21, 2010
Oct 21, 2010
Term ends
Oct 21, 2030
Oct 21, 2030
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Feb 13, 2018
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,378,105, US 9,353,088, to Oct 21, 2030. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
6
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. 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 Oct 21, 2010, when application 12/909,241, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2016) | Oct 21, 2030 | 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 8,378,105, US 9,353,088) | resolves to Oct 21, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Oct 21, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,378,105 | In force Mar 2031 | Mar 2031 |
| US 8,927,574 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 9,353,088 | In force Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| US 9,890,141 | this patent Oct 2030 | Oct 2030 |
| Application 15/882,543 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 16/411,598 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42208, frame 520 | Burnier, John | Sarcode Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 2, 2017 Reel 42385, frame 46 | Sarcode Corporation | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Change of Name |
| Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50900, frame 268 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Novartis AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54134, frame 708 | Novartis AG | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2023 Reel 65789, frame 853 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 573 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 709 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Oct 2030
Term ends Oct 21, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,378,105, US 9,353,088, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2018 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.