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21 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Ending by 2030

Apr 2034

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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.

2 fees due Jun 10 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 10
2 fees due Aug 4 to 20, 2027 · next Aug 4
1 fee due Sep 5, 2027
The maintenance fee for Single nucleotide detection method and associated probes (US 11,920,192) comes due Sep 5, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 6, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

2 of the patents on this record were granted 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 10,551,399	Single nucleotide detection method In force Ends no later than Apr 9, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Ends no later than Apr 9, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 10,690,689	Microfluidic device for characterzing polynucleotides In force Term ends Jun 2, 2034 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Jun 2, 2034	From the USPTO record
US 10,501,795	Single nucleotide detection method In force Term ends Oct 27, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Oct 27, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 10,519,497	Single nucleotide detection method In force Term ends Nov 12, 2035 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends Nov 12, 2035	From the USPTO record
US 12,391,987	Single nucleotide detection method and associated probes In force Term ends May 15, 2038 · From the USPTO record	In force	Term ends May 15, 2038	From the USPTO record
US 11,135,588	Microdroplet Manipulation Device In force Term ends Jun 21, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 21, 2038	High confidence
US 11,318,472	Microfluidic Analytical Device In force Term ends Jun 21, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 21, 2038	High confidence
US 11,904,319	Microdroplet Manipulation Device In force Term ends Jun 21, 2038 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 21, 2038	Low confidence
US 12,017,224	Microdroplet Manipulation Device In force Ends no later than Jun 21, 2038 · Low confidence	In force	Ends no later than Jun 21, 2038	Low confidence
US 12,403,476	Microdroplet Manipulation Device In force Term ends Jun 21, 2038 · Low confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 21, 2038	Low confidence

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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.

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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.

10 pending · 1 abandoned · 4 no status recorded

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