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56 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
8 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 9 name spellings.

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When these terms end

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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 Dec 25, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Structurally designed shRNAs (US 10,329,562) comes due Dec 25, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 25, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jan 9, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Compositions and Methods for Modulation of Ikbkap Splicing (US 10,344,282) comes due Jan 9, 2027. Unpaid by Jul 9, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Feb 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Genetic copy number determination using high throughput multiplex sequencing of smashed nucleotides (US 11,739,315) comes due Feb 28, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 30, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Nov 12, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Reducing nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (US 10,647,983) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 1 term has 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,554,488Determining a Probabilistic Diagnosis of Autism by Analysis of Genomic Copy Number Variations
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,901,288High throughput methods for functionally determining RNA interference efficiency
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,895,526Identification of RNAI targets and use of RNAI for rational therapy of chemotherapy-resistant leukemia and other cancers
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,980,853Compositions and Methods for Modulation of SMN2 Splicing in a Subject
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,361,977Compositions and Methods for Modulation of SMN2 Splicing
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,273,871Structurally designed shRNAs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 8,993,532NOVEL STRUCTURALLY DESIGNED shRNAs
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,624,494Structurally designed shRNAs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 10,329,562Structurally designed shRNAs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
US 12,351,802Structurally designed shRNAs
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 56: 8 patents in force now held by others · 62 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 92 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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.

10 pending · 46 abandoned · 44 no status recorded

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