Term ends Apr 3, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2027
Filed Sep 21, 2015 as application 14/860,210 · Granted Aug 15, 2017
Base term plus 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2007
Mar 7, 2007
Term ends
Apr 3, 2027
Apr 3, 2027
Granted
Aug 15, 2017
Aug 15, 2017
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
27
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,119,804, to Apr 3, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
9
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 27 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 2 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 Mar 7, 2007, when application PCT/EP2007/001942, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 21, 2015) | Mar 7, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +27 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 3, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,119,804) | resolves to Apr 3, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 3, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,119,804 | In force Nov 2029 | Nov 2029 |
| US 9,180,178 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,730,995 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 10,258,681 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 10,610,580 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 11,285,201 | In force Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| Application 17/650,487 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 18/807,921 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2024 Reel 68668, frame 854 | Iliad Biotechnologies, LLC | Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Apr 7, 2026 Reel 74297, frame 442 | Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. | Illiad Biotechnologies, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Sep 17, 2026 Reel 76058, frame 408 | Avenue Capital Management II, L.P. | Iliad Biotechnologies, LLC, Now Known as Iliad Biotechnologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 3, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 27 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,119,804, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.