Term ended Oct 16, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 16, 2026
Held by Phigenix, Inc.
Filed Feb 18, 2010 as application 12/708,294 · Granted Dec 20, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Oct 16, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Oct 16, 2006
Oct 16, 2006
Term ended
Oct 16, 2026
Oct 16, 2026
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 20, 2011
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 7,964,577, to Oct 16, 2026. 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.
37
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: 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 16, 2006, when application PCT/US2006/040215, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 18, 2010) | Oct 16, 2026 | 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 7,964,577) | resolves to Oct 16, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Oct 16, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,964,577 | In force Jul 2027 | Jul 2027 |
| US 8,088,603 | In force Jul 2028 | Jul 2028 |
| Application 12/546,292 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application PCT/US2009/054913 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,080,534 | this patent Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| Application PCT/US2010/024740 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,318,692 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2024 | Nov 2024 |
| US 8,735,365 | In force no later than Jul 2027 | no later than Jul 2027 |
8 of 37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2010 Reel 24004, frame 705 | Donald, Carlton D. | Phigenix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2014 Reel 32928, frame 541 | Donald, Carlton D. | Medical University of South Carolina | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 20, 2014 Reel 32928, frame 724 | Medical University of South Carolina | Musc Foundation for Research Development | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2014 Reel 33695, frame 530 | Musc Foundation for Research Development | Phigenix, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,964,577, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below 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
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