Maintenance fees coming due

BGI Shenzhen

9 maintenance fees come due in the 12 months from Nov 15, 2026, the next on Nov 16, 2026. Unpaid by May 17, 2027, that one lapses early.

A maintenance fee does not end a patent on its due date. It falls due at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant, and the patent lapses only if the fee is still unpaid at the end of the six month grace period that follows.

Patent	Title	Holder	Status	Fee due	Lapses if unpaid	Expires	Confidence
US 11,649,489	Nucleic Acid Sequencing Method and Nucleic Acid Sequencing Kit BGI Shenzhen In force Fee due Nov 16, 2026 Lapses if unpaid May 17, 2027 Term ends Oct 11, 2039 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen	In force	Nov 16, 2026	May 17, 2027	Term ends Oct 11, 2039	High confidence
US 10,456,769	Method of constructing sequencing library BGI Shenzhen and Mgi Holdings Co., Limited In force Fee due Apr 29, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Oct 29, 2027 Term ends Jan 13, 2036 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen and Mgi Holdings Co., Limited	In force	Apr 29, 2027	Oct 29, 2027	Term ends Jan 13, 2036	High confidence
US 11,820,836	Polypeptide and Use Thereof BGI Shenzhen In force Fee due May 21, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Nov 22, 2027 Term ends Nov 22, 2036 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen	In force	May 21, 2027	Nov 22, 2027	Term ends Nov 22, 2036	High confidence
US 11,822,629	Method and Apparatus for Generating Digital Identity and Storage Medium BGI Shenzhen Co., Limited In force Fee due May 21, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Nov 22, 2027 Term ends Jun 12, 2039 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen Co., Limited	In force	May 21, 2027	Nov 22, 2027	Term ends Jun 12, 2039	High confidence
US 10,494,661	Stabilizer for Preserving Biological Samples BGI Shenzhen In force Fee due Jun 3, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Dec 3, 2027 Term ends Jun 13, 2035 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen	In force	Jun 3, 2027	Dec 3, 2027	Term ends Jun 13, 2035	High confidence
US 10,526,659	Biomarkers for Colorectal Cancer BGI Shenzhen Co., Limited In force Fee due Jul 7, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jan 7, 2028 Term ends Apr 3, 2036 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen Co., Limited	In force	Jul 7, 2027	Jan 7, 2028	Term ends Apr 3, 2036	High confidence
US 9,238,840	Method for Single Cell Genome Analysis and Kit Therefor BGI-Shenzhen Co., Ltd. In force Fee due Jul 19, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Jan 19, 2028 Term ends Feb 15, 2032 · High confidence	BGI-Shenzhen Co., Ltd.	In force	Jul 19, 2027	Jan 19, 2028	Term ends Feb 15, 2032	High confidence
US 11,903,981	Use of Anaerofustis Stercorihominis in Preventing And/Or Treating Metabolic Diseases BGI Shenzhen In force Fee due Aug 20, 2027 Lapses if unpaid Feb 22, 2028 Term ends Feb 15, 2039 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen	In force	Aug 20, 2027	Feb 22, 2028	Term ends Feb 15, 2039	High confidence
US 11,972,583	Fluorescence Image Registration Method, Gene Sequencing Instrument, and Storage Medium BGI Shenzhen In force Fee due Oct 30, 2027 Lapses if unpaid May 1, 2028 Term ends Mar 15, 2040 · High confidence	BGI Shenzhen	In force	Oct 30, 2027	May 1, 2028	Term ends Mar 15, 2040	High confidence

9 of 9 patents shown. Soonest fee due date first, then patent number.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.