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Albumin Fusion Proteins

US 7,238,667 Term ended
OverviewFamilySources & methods

Term ended Dec 23, 2022 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed May 8, 2006 as application 11/429,373 · Granted Jul 3, 2007
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Dec 23, 2022
2002 2026
Clock starts
Dec 23, 2002
Term ended
Dec 23, 2022
Granted
Jul 3, 2007
base term after the term ends 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 7,141,547, to Dec 23, 2022. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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.
32
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. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 23, 2002, when application PCT/US2002/040891, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 8, 2006); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 23, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,141,547)resolves to Dec 23, 2022, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 23, 2022Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2002/040891PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application PCT/US2004/001369PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,141,547In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
Application PCT/US2005/004041PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,521,424Term ended
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
US 7,592,010Term ended
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 7,238,667this patent
Dec 2022
Dec 2022
US 7,847,079Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2018
Dec 2018
8 of 32 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Sources

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