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Compounds, Compositions, and Methods for Preventing Metasasis of Cancer Cells

US 9,949,956 In force
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Term ends Jan 12, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Sep 24, 2015 as application 14/864,462 · Granted Apr 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jan 12, 2010
Term ends
Jan 12, 2030
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,569,348, US 8,883,832, US 9,174,950, to Jan 12, 2030. 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.
5
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 12, 2010, when application PCT/US2010/020822, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 24, 2015)Jan 12, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,569,348, US 8,883,832, US 9,174,950)resolves to Jan 12, 2030, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 12, 2030High confidence

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US 8,569,348In force
Jan 2030
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US 8,883,832In force
Jan 2030
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US 9,174,950In force
Jan 2030
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US 9,949,956this patent
Jan 2030
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4 of 5 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
Nov 10, 2015
Reel 37000, frame 596
Shalwitz, Robert; Peters, KevinAerpio Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 31, 2019
Reel 49919, frame 768
Aerpio Therapeutics, Inc.Aerpio Therapeutics LLCChange of Name
Apr 17, 2020
Reel 52432, frame 789
Aerpio Therapeutics LLCAerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 9, 2021
Reel 57448, frame 33
Aerpio Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 26, 2026
Reel 74489, frame 618
Eyepoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Eyepoint, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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