Also listed on Otonomy, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 20, 2040 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2038
Held by Dompé Farmaceutici S.P.A.
Filed Jun 18, 2020 as application 16/955,730 · Granted Mar 5, 2024
Base term plus 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2040
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2018
Dec 21, 2018
Term ends
Jul 20, 2040
Jul 20, 2040
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Mar 5, 2024
base term
patent term adjustment
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
577
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
This patent's term runs 577 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 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 Dec 21, 2018, when application PCT/US2018/067344, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 18, 2020) | Dec 21, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +577 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 20, 2040 | 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 | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 20, 2040 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2018/067344 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,918,653 | this patent Jul 2040 | Jul 2040 |
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 15, 2020 Reel 53220, frame 828 | Savel, Robert; Zhang, Zhanpeng; Coleman, Scott; Piu, Fabrice; Qi, Hong; Pastuszka, Martha | Otonomy, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 8, 2023 Reel 63901, frame 1 | Otonomy, Inc. | Dompé Farmaceutici S.P.A. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 12, 2023 Reel 63982, frame 824 | Otonomy, Inc. | Dompé Farmaceutici S.P.A. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee Correction of City Previously Recorded on Reel 063901 Frame 0001. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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
Jul 2040
Term ends Jul 20, 2040. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 577 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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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.