26 patents currently held
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Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.
Notable patents
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Ends Jun 2036 · Medium confidence
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Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Microorganism Strain Analysis of Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon
US 10,851,399
Cited by 41 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2036. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Methods for Supporting Grain Intensive And/Or Energy Intensive Diets in Ruminants by Administration of a Synthetic Bioensemble of Microbes or Purified Strains Thereof
US 11,044,924
Cited by 22 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.
Methods of Improving Milk Production and Compositional Characteristics
US 9,993,507
Cited by 38 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2037. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
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 Mar 3, 2027The maintenance fee for Microbial Compositions and Methods of Use for Improving Milk Production (US 10,398,154) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
- 2 fees due Apr 22, 2027
- 1 fee due May 28, 2027The maintenance fee for Fowl Production by Administration of a Synthetic Bioensemble of Microbes or Purified Strains Thereof (US 11,825,862) comes due May 28, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 29, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jul 16, 2027The maintenance fee for Microbial Compositions and Methods for Ruminant Health and Performance (US 11,871,767) comes due Jul 16, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 18, 2028, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Aug 6 to 27, 2027 · next Aug 6
- 3 fees due Oct 14 to 28, 2027 · next Oct 14
- 1 fee due Nov 12, 2027The maintenance fee for Microbial Compositions and Methods of Use for Improving Milk Production (US 10,645,952) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 7 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,540,676 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Analyzing Microorganism Strains from Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,938,558 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Analyzing Microorganism Strains from Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,844,419 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Analyzing Microorganism Strains from Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,851,399 | Methods, Apparatuses, and Systems for Microorganism Strain Analysis of Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 10,870,877 | Methods, Apparatuses and Systems for Analyzing Microorganism Strains from Complex Heterogeneous Communities, Predicting and Identifying Functional Relationships and Interactions Thereof, and Selecting and Synthesizing Microbial Ensembles Based Thereon In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 9,993,507 | Methods of Improving Milk Production and Compositional Characteristics In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,293,006 | Microbial Compositions for Improving Milk Production in Ruminants In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,398,154 | Microbial Compositions and Methods of Use for Improving Milk Production In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,448,657 | Cow Food and Methods of Husbandry for Increased Milk Production In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,448,658 | Cow Food and Methods of Husbandry for Increased Milk Production In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 26: 13 applications pending · 16 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.