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Controlled Release Auris Sensory Cell Modulator Compositions and Methods for the Treatment of Otic Disorders

US 9,066,855 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Jun 30, 2023 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jun 26, 2013 as application 13/928,157 · Granted Jun 30, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Jun 30, 2023
2009 2029
Clock starts
Jul 16, 2009
No longer in force
Jun 30, 2023
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
Term would have run to
Jul 16, 2029
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
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Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Jul 16, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 16, 2009, when application 12/504,553, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2013)Jul 16, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Jun 30, 2023High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2023High confidence

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US 8,496,957Lapsed on the fee record
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Application PCT/US2009/051078PCT application
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Application PCT/US2009/067552PCT application
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US 8,575,122In force
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US 9,066,855this patent
Jun 2023
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US 9,808,460Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2021
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Application 14/795,825Abandoned
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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
Sep 26, 2013
Reel 31288, frame 428
Harris, Jeffrey P.The Regents of the University of CaliforniaAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 26, 2013
Reel 31288, frame 736
Lichter, Jay; Vollrath, Benedikt; Duron, Sergio G.; Piu, Fabrice; Dellamary, Luis A.; Ye, Qiang; Lebel, Carl; Trammel, Andrew M.; Scaife, Michael ChristopherOtonomy, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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