Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Jul 8, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 15, 2029
Held by Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited
Filed Apr 15, 2009 as application 12/386,361 · Granted Dec 20, 2011
Base term plus 449 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2009
2030
Clock starts
Apr 15, 2009
Apr 15, 2009
Term ends
Jul 8, 2030
Jul 8, 2030
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Dec 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
449
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.
8
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 449 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 Apr 15, 2009, when this application, 12/386,361, was filed | Apr 15, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +449 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 8, 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 | Jul 8, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,080,562 | this patent Jul 2030 | Jul 2030 |
| US 8,367,701 | In force no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 8,871,935 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 9,447,077 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| US 11,028,077 | In force Apr 2029 | Apr 2029 |
| Application 17/323,693 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/337,565 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/439,671 | Pending not computed | not computed |
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 7, 2009 Reel 22920, frame 989 | Burnier, John; Gadek, Thomas; Naud, Frederic | Sarcode Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 8, 2011 Reel 26876, frame 312 | Sarcode Corporation | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 8, 2013 Reel 29778, frame 888 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Agreement |
| Apr 25, 2013 Reel 30295, frame 28 | Silicon Valley Bank | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 31, 2019 Reel 50900, frame 268 | Sarcode Bioscience Inc. | Novartis AG | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2020 Reel 54134, frame 708 | Novartis AG | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 6, 2023 Reel 65789, frame 853 | Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 573 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74050, frame 709 | Bausch + Lomb Ireland Limited | Citibank, N.A., as Notes Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2030
Term ends Jul 8, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 449 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
64
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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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.