29 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
The next term ends in Jul 2036. from the record
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When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
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all others
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. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Jul 2036 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jan 2038 · Medium confidence
Also notable
Ends Jun 2039 · High confidence
Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits
US 11,739,032
Cited by 27 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2036. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits
US 11,565,979
Cited by 36 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2038.
Agricultural Compositions Comprising Remodeled Nitrogen Fixing Microbes
US 11,678,667
Cited by 11 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data. Protection runs to 2039. 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.
- 2 fees due Dec 20, 2026
- 2 fees due Feb 20 to 28, 2027 · next Feb 20
- 1 fee due Aug 11, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits (US 10,556,839) comes due Aug 11, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 11, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Oct 23, 2027The maintenance fee for Agricultural Compositions Comprising Remodeled Nitrogen Fixing Microbes (US 11,963,530) comes due Oct 23, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 24, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
- 3 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 12 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Agricultural Compositions Comprising Remodeled Nitrogen Fixing Microbes | 8 in force | to Jun 2039 |
| Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits (2017) | 7 in force | to Jul 2036 |
| Plant Colonization Assays Using Natural Microbial Barcodes | 2 in force | to Jan 2043 |
| Temporally and Spatially Targeted Dynamic Nitrogen Delivery by Remodeled Microbes | 2 in force | to May 2042 |
| Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits (2018) | 2 in force | to Mar 2040 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 9,975,817 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,384,983 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,556,839 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,919,814 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,934,226 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,739,032 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 12,497,342 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,565,979 | Methods and Compositions for Improving Plant Traits In force · Medium confidence | In force | Medium confidence | |
| US 12,290,074 | Agricultural Compositions Comprising Remodeled Nitrogen Fixing Microbes In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 11,678,667 | Agricultural Compositions Comprising Remodeled Nitrogen Fixing Microbes In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 29: 27 applications pending · 5 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.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.