Also listed on Delphi Genetics S.A., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Oct 30, 2032 · High confidence

Computed 20-year base term

Held by R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC

Filed Oct 18, 2011 as application 13/275,845 · Granted Jan 12, 2016

Base term plus 378 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)

Today

20 years from filing

Term ends Oct 30, 2032

2011 2032

Clock starts
Oct 18, 2011

Term ends
Oct 30, 2032

Granted
Jan 12, 2016

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

378

Days of term adjustment

Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.

None

Terminal disclaimer

No disclaimer on this record.

2 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.

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 378 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 18, 2011, when this application, 13/275,845, was filed	Oct 18, 2031	High confidence
Continuity chain	Every parent in the chain resolved	no change	High confidence
Patent term adjustment	+378 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record	Oct 30, 2032	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	2 of 3 maintenance fees paid	In force	High confidence
Computed term end	The steps above, in order	Oct 30, 2032	High confidence

This family

US 9,234,042	this patent Oct 2032	Oct 2032
US 10,138,289	In force Oct 2031	Oct 2031

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 10, 2012 Reel 28520, frame 776	Vanderplasschen, Alain; Gillet, Laurent	Delphi Genetics S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28520, frame 909	Nizet, Yannick	Delphi Genetics S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 10, 2012 Reel 28521, frame 205	Renauld, Jean-christophe; Lemaire, Muriel; Dumoutier, Laure	Delphi Genetics S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 2, 2012 Reel 28713, frame 130	Vanderplasschen, Alain; Gillet, Laurent	Delphi Genetics S.A.	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 25, 2021 Reel 56673, frame 745	Delphi Genetics	R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC	Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 19, 2024 Reel 69743, frame 458	Catalent CTS (Kansas City), LLC; Redwood Bioscience, Inc.; R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC; Catalent Wellness, LLC; Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.; Catalent Wellness New Jersey, LLC; Catalent Maryland, Inc.; Catalent Greenville, Inc.; Catalent Micron Technologies, Inc.; Catalent San Diego, Inc.; Catalent Wellness Virginia, LLC; Catalent USA Packaging, LLC; Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Security Interest
Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76171, frame 543	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent CTS (Kansas City), LLC; Redwood Bioscience, Inc.; R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC; Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC; Catalent Wellness, LLC; Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.; Catalent Wellness New Jersey, LLC; Catalent Maryland, Inc.; Catalent Greenville, Inc.; Catalent Micron Technologies, Inc.; Catalent San Diego, Inc.; Catalent Wellness Virginia, LLC; Catalent USA Packaging, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent CTS (Kansas City), LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Redwood Bioscience, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	R.P. Scherer Technologies, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Pharma Solutions, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Wellness, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Wellness New Jersey, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Maryland, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Greenville, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Micron Technologies, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent San Diego, Inc.	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent Wellness Virginia, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458
Aug 13, 2026 reel/frame not recorded	Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent	Catalent USA Packaging, LLC	Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (PATENTS) at Reel 069743, Frame 0458

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

What's changing

Oct 2032

Term ends Oct 30, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then

Note

The 378 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us

Citations

later US patents cite this one

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