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Injectable sustained release delivery devices

US 8,871,241 In force
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Term ends Aug 12, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Nov 13, 2003 as application 10/714,549 · Granted Oct 28, 2014
Base term plus 1563 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2003 2027
Clock starts
May 2, 2003
Term ends
Aug 12, 2027
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
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
1,563
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.
12
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 1563 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 2, 2003, when application 10/428,214, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 13, 2003)May 2, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1563 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 12, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 12, 2027High confidence

This family

Application 10/096,877Abandoned
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Application 10/428,214Abandoned
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US 8,871,241this patent
Aug 2027
Aug 2027
Application 10/762,421Abandoned
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Application 10/762,439Abandoned
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Application 11/894,694Abandoned
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US 8,574,659Term ended
no later than Jun 2020
no later than Jun 2020
US 8,574,613Term ended
no later than Apr 2020
no later than Apr 2020
8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 18, 2004
Reel 15695, frame 61
Chou, Kang-jye; Guo, Hong; Ashton, Paul; Shimizu, Robert W.; Watson, David A.Control Delivery Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 4, 2005
Reel 16851, frame 45
Control Delivery Systems, Inc.Bausch & Lomb IncorporatedLicense Agreement
Apr 6, 2012
Reel 28007, frame 782
Control Delivery Systems, Inc.Psivida Inc.Merger
Apr 6, 2012
Reel 28008, frame 214
Psivida Inc.Psivida US, Inc.Change of Name
Sep 12, 2017
Reel 43562, frame 585
Chou, Kang-jye; Guo, Hong; Ashton, Paul; Shimizu, Robert; Watson, David WControl Delivery Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 5, 2018
Reel 45848, frame 670
Psivida Corp.SWK Funding LLC, as AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 48329, frame 45
Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 13, 2019
Reel 48329, frame 136
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida Corp.; Psivida US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida Corp.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentPsivida US, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
SWK Funding LLC, as AgentIcon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 2, 2019
Reel 49108, frame 700
Psivida US, Inc.Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Change of Name
Mar 14, 2022
Reel 59365, frame 112
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.; Icon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentEyepoint Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Mar 14, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
CRG Servicing LLC, as Administrative AgentIcon Bioscience, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 24, 2026
Reel 76065, frame 637
Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Eyepoint, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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