Ligand Pharms Drug Patent Portfolio

Ligand Pharms owns 1 orange book drug protected by 3 US patents Given below is the list of Ligand Pharms's drug patents along with their expiration dates.

Drug Patent Number Drug Patent Title Drug Patent Expiry Status
US8592434 Mucoadhesive buccal tablets for the treatment of orofacial herpes 16 Jun, 2030
Active
US8747896 Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles 03 Jun, 2027
Active
US8791127 Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles 23 Mar, 2027
Active


Given below is the list of recent legal activities going on the following drug patents of Ligand Pharms.

Activity Date Patent Number
Patent litigations
Payment of Maintenance Fee, 8th Year, Large Entity 16 Dec, 2021 US8791127
Payment of Maintenance Fee, 8th Year, Large Entity 17 Nov, 2021 US8747896
Payment of Maintenance Fee, 8th Year, Large Entity 22 Apr, 2021 US8592434
Mail O.P. Petition Decision 22 Sep, 2020 US8791127
Email Notification 22 Sep, 2020 US8747896
Mail O.P. Petition Decision 22 Sep, 2020 US8747896
Email Notification 22 Sep, 2020 US8791127
Mail-Petition Decision - Granted 18 Sep, 2020 US8747896
Petition Decision - Granted 17 Sep, 2020 US8747896
Mail-Petition Decision - Granted 17 Sep, 2020 US8791127
Petition Decision - Granted 16 Sep, 2020 US8791127
O.P. Petition Decision 14 Sep, 2020 US8791127
O.P. Petition Decision 14 Sep, 2020 US8747896
Email Notification 18 Jun, 2020 US8592434
Change in Power of Attorney (May Include Associate POA) 18 Jun, 2020 US8592434


Ligand Pharms's Family Patents

Ligand Pharms drugs have patent protection in a total of 30 countries. It's US patent count contributes only to 15.4% of its total global patent coverage. 3 countries have all of their patents expired or invalidated which has opened up potential generic launch opportunities in these countries. Click below to unlock the full patent family tree.

Family Patents



Ligand Pharms Drug List

Given below is the complete list of Ligand Pharms's drugs and the patents protecting them.


1. Sitavig

Sitavig is protected by 3 patents, out of which none have expired yet. Check out its patent list below.

Drug Patent Number Drug Patent Title Drug Patent Expiry Status
US8592434 Mucoadhesive buccal tablets for the treatment of orofacial herpes 16 Jun, 2030
(4 years from now)
Active
US8747896 Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles 03 Jun, 2027
(1 year, 10 months from now)
Active
US8791127 Mucosal bioadhesive slow release carrier for delivering active principles 23 Mar, 2027
(1 year, 8 months from now)
Active

Discover which of these patents contain the active ingredient(API) of the drug, their family patents, along with litigation and legal activity details of these patents on Sitavig's drug page


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