Term ends Jan 12, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 12, 2030
Held by Eyepoint, Inc.
Filed Dec 1, 2010 as application 12/677,550 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2010
Jan 12, 2010
Term ends
Jan 12, 2030
Jan 12, 2030
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Oct 29, 2013
base term
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.
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.
5
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. 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 Jan 12, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/020822, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 1, 2010) | Jan 12, 2030 | 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 | 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 | Jan 12, 2030 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,569,348 | this patent Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,883,832 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,174,950 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 9,949,956 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
4 of 5 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 23, 2010 Reel 24123, frame 177 | Shalwitz, Robert | Akebia Therapeutics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 1, 2010 Reel 25415, frame 579 | Shalwitz, Robert; Peters, Kevin G. | Akebia Therapeutics | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 8, 2011 Reel 26564, frame 646 | Shalwitz, Robert; Peters, Kevin G. | Akebia Therapeutics Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2012 Reel 27678, frame 824 | Akebia Therapeutics, Inc. | Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 31, 2019 Reel 49919, frame 768 | Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc. | Aerpio Therapeutics LLC | Change of Name |
| Apr 17, 2020 Reel 52432, frame 789 | Aerpio Therapeutics LLC | Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2021 Reel 57448, frame 33 | Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 26, 2026 Reel 74489, frame 618 | Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Eyepoint, Inc. | Change of Name |
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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends Jan 12, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
118
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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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.