Term ends Oct 15, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 15, 2040
Held by Biofrontera, Inc.
Filed Mar 29, 2021 as application 17/215,785 · Granted Feb 1, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2020
2040
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2020
Oct 15, 2020
Term ends
Oct 15, 2040
Oct 15, 2040
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Feb 1, 2022
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.
1 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. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 15, 2020, when application 17/071,496, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 29, 2021) | Oct 15, 2040 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 15, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| US 12,472,374 | In force Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US 11,235,169 | this patent Oct 2040 | Oct 2040 |
| US D1,021,120 | In force Apr 2039 | Apr 2039 |
| Application 18/248,672 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US D1,148,164 | In force Sep 2041 | Sep 2041 |
5 of 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 Reel 56016, frame 609 | Osterloh, Markus; Novak, Ben; Lübbert, Hermann | Biofrontera Pharma GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2025 Reel 73487, frame 1 | Biofrontera Pharma GmbH | Biofrontera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2026 Reel 74863, frame 943 | Biofrontera Pharma GmbH | Biofrontera, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Execution Date Previously Recorded on Reel 73487 Frame 1. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment . |
| Jul 22, 2026 Reel 75363, frame 101 | Sinn, Christian | Biofrontera Pharma GmbH | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2026 Reel 76724, frame 292 | Biofrontera Pharma GmbH | Biofrontera, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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What's changing
Oct 2040
Term ends Oct 15, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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