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Details for Patent: 8,026,279

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Which drugs does patent 8,026,279 protect, and when does it expire?

Patent 8,026,279 protects HORIZANT and is included in one NDA.

This patent has twenty-six patent family members in twenty-two countries.

Summary for Patent: 8,026,279

Title:	Crystalline form of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid analog
Abstract:	A crystalline form of a .gamma.-aminobutyric acid analog, and methods of preparing same, are provided.
Inventor(s):	Estrada; Tono (Santa Clara, CA), Raillard; Stephen P. (Mountain View, CA)
Assignee:	XenoPort, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Application Number:	10/966,507
Patent Claim Types: see list of patent claims	Compound;

Drugs Protected by US Patent 8,026,279

Applicant	Tradename	Generic Name	Dosage	NDA	Approval Date	TE	Type	RLD	RS	Patent No.	Patent Expiration	Product	Substance	Delist Req.	Patented / Exclusive Use	Patent Submitted
Arbor Pharms Llc	HORIZANT	gabapentin enacarbil	TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE;ORAL	022399-002	Dec 13, 2011		RX	Yes	No			Y	Y
Arbor Pharms Llc	HORIZANT	gabapentin enacarbil	TABLET, EXTENDED RELEASE;ORAL	022399-001	Apr 6, 2011		RX	Yes	Yes			Y	Y

Non-Orange Book US Patents Family Members for Patent 8,026,279

For Orange Book-listed patents (shown in the main table above) generic applications must certify that the listed patents are expired, invalid, or will not be infringed by generic entry.

The non-Orange Book patents listed below do not require formal certifications, so they do not automatically impede generic entry. Instead, they represent potential opportunities for branded firms to block generic entry through patent infringment challenges.

Patent No.	Title	Estimated Patent Expiration
8,686,034	Crystalline form of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid analog
9,150,503	Crystalline form of .gamma.-aminobutyric acid analog

International Family Members for US Patent 8,026,279

Country	Document Number	Estimated Expiration	Supplementary Protection Certificate	SPC Country	SPC Expiration
Slovenia	1677767
Singapore	147437
Russian Federation	2412162
Russian Federation	2006116470