Term ends Feb 19, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 15, 2028
Held by Wyeth LLC
Filed Oct 15, 2008 as application 12/251,924 · Granted Sep 20, 2011
Base term plus 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2030
Clock starts
Oct 15, 2008
Oct 15, 2008
Term ends
Feb 19, 2030
Feb 19, 2030
Granted
Sep 20, 2011
Sep 20, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
492
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
46
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 492 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 15, 2008, when this application, 12/251,924, was filed | Oct 15, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +492 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 19, 2030 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 19, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2006/003717 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,603,314 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,022,216 | this patent Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| US 8,669,273 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| Application 12/539,914 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,518,446 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application PCT/US2011/020080 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,173,814 | In force Oct 2028 | Oct 2028 |
8 of 46 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2009 Reel 22082, frame 17 | Lu, Qinghong; Ku, Mannching Sherry; Chew, Warren; Cheal, Gloria; Mirmehrabi, Mahmoud | Wyeth | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 16, 2010 Reel 24541, frame 922 | Wyeth | Wyeth LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 19, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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.