Affymetrix, Inc.
9 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
Recorded under 8 name spellings.
66
Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
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Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Nov 28, 2026The maintenance fee for Methods and Devices for Reading Microarrays (US 10,303,922) comes due Nov 28, 2026. Unpaid by May 28, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Dec 11 to 25, 2026 · next Dec 11
- 2 fees due Jan 7 to 21, 2027 · next Jan 7
- 1 fee due Mar 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods, Systems and Apparatuses for Testing and Calibrating Fluorescent Scanners (US 10,422,750) comes due Mar 24, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 24, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due May 21, 2027The maintenance fee for Multiplex Targeted Amplification Using Flap Nuclease (US 11,821,030) comes due May 21, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 22, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Jun 24, 2027
- 1 fee due Jul 14, 2027The maintenance fee for Systems and Methods For Probe Design to Detect the Presence of Simple and Complex Indels (US 10,535,420) comes due Jul 14, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 14, 2028, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Sep 1 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 2 fees due Nov 12, 2027
Recent changes
- 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 8 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
Patents held now
Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,881,875 | Methods for Selecting a Collection of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,634,363 | Methods for High Throughput Genotyping In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,991,564 | Methods for High Throughput Genotyping In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,498,825 | Methods for High Throughput Genotyping In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,227,253 | Oxide Layers on Silicon Substrates for Effective Confocal Laser Microscopy In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,862,996 | Use of Acid Scavengers for the Synthesis of Standard Length and Long-Mer Nucleic Acid Arrays In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,910,312 | Use of Acid Scavengers for the Synthesis of Standard Length and Long-Mer Polymer Arrays In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,062,844 | Use of Acide Scavengers for the Synthesis of Standard Length and Long-Mer Nucleic Acid Arrays In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,178,278 | Miniaturized Microparticles In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 7,452,673 | Photoacid Generators for the Synthesis of Oligo-DNA in a Polymer Matrix In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 105: 9 patents in force now held by others · 93 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 479 ended at full term. List them
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Published applications
US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.
4 pending · 265 abandoned · 211 no status recorded