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ViaCyte, Inc.

100 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Previously recorded as Cythera, Inc. (to 2012)

Previously recorded as Novocell, Inc. (to 2011)

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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 Nov 30, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Cryopreserved in vitro cell culture of human pancreatic progenitor cells (US 11,660,377) comes due Nov 30, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 1, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Dec 2, 2026
    The maintenance fee for Methods for enriching for pancreatic endocrine cells (US 9,045,736) comes due Dec 2, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 2, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 4 fees due Feb 6 to 27, 2027 · next Feb 6
  • 1 fee due Mar 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Encapsulation of pancreatic cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells (US 9,132,226) comes due Mar 15, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 3 fees due Aug 13 to 20, 2027 · next Aug 13
  • 2 fees due Sep 5 to 12, 2027 · next Sep 5

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Recent changes

  • 2 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
  • 4 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

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PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,415,158Compositions and methods useful for culturing differentiable cells
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US 8,658,352Compositions and methods useful for culturing differentiable cells
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US 8,633,024PDX1 expressing endoderm
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US 7,534,608Methods of producing pancreatic hormones
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US 7,993,920Methods of producing pancreatic hormones
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US 8,603,811Endocrine precursor cells, pancreatic hormone-expressing cells and methods of production
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US 10,517,901Methods of lowering blood glucose levels in a mammal
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US 8,586,357Markers of definitive endoderm
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US 9,980,986Methods of producing pancreatic hormones
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US 8,574,905Hepatocyte lineage cells
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Also on record, not counted in the 100: 9 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 14 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.

9 pending · 4 abandoned · 20 no status recorded

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