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US 9,789,986 In force
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Term ends May 13, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jan 17, 2013 as application 13/744,408 · Granted Oct 17, 2017
Base term plus 806 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2031
Clock starts
Feb 26, 2009
Term ends
May 13, 2031
Granted
Oct 17, 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
806
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.
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 806 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 26, 2009, when application 12/393,183, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2013)Feb 26, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+806 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 13, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 13, 2031High confidence

This family

Application 12/393,183Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,397,982Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2021
Mar 2021
US 9,789,986this patent
May 2031
May 2031
US 8,651,368Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
US 10,261,940In force
Feb 2029
Feb 2029
US 10,901,941In force
Apr 2029
Apr 2029
Application 17/005,606Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 11,630,801In force
Feb 2029
Feb 2029
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
May 5, 2017
Reel 42257, frame 982
Procyshyn, Christopher A.; Gold, Ross M.Vanrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 5, 2017
Reel 42258, frame 163
Vanrx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Vanrx Pharmasystems Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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