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86 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
97 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.
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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 Nov 14 to 23, 2026 · next Nov 14
  • 3 fees due Jan 2 to 9, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 3 fees due Feb 6 to 27, 2027 · next Feb 6
  • 1 fee due Mar 3, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Mutant CSGG Pores (US 10,400,014) comes due Mar 3, 2027. Unpaid by Sep 3, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Apr 15, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Trapping Mammalian Protein-Protein Complexes in Virus-Like Particles Utilizing HIV-1 Gag-Bait Fusion Proteins (US 10,444,245) comes due Apr 15, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 15, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due May 14 to 19, 2027 · next May 14
  • 1 fee due Jun 29, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Microorganisms Genetically Engineered to Have Modified N-Glycosylation Activity (US 9,222,083) comes due Jun 29, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 29, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Jul 16 to 19, 2027 · next Jul 16
  • 2 fees due Aug 2 to 6, 2027 · next Aug 2
  • 1 fee due Oct 28, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Markers for detecting microsatellite instability in cancer and determining synthetic lethality with inhibition of the DNA base excision repair pathway (US 10,633,707) comes due Oct 28, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Nov 5 to 12, 2027 · next Nov 5

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Recent changes

  • 8 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.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,470,785Method for Treating Ocular Cancer
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,026,083Yarrowia Lipolytica and Pichia Pastoris HAC1 Nucleic Acids
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,222,083Microorganisms Genetically Engineered to Have Modified N-Glycosylation Activity
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,123,084Rack and Pinion Drive for By-Pass Cartridge
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 10,149,914Liver-Specific Nucleic Acid Regulatory Elements and Methods and Use Thereof
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 11,654,201Liver-Specific Nucleic Acid Regulatory Elements and Methods and Use Thereof
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 12,409,236Liver-Specific Nucleic Acid Regulatory Elements and Methods and Use Thereof
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 9,617,548Liver-Specific Nucleic Acid Regulatory Elements and Methods and Use Thereof
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 10,392,609Hydrolysis of MANNOSE-1-Phospho-6-Mannose Linkage to PHOSPHO-6-Mannose
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,501,913Spider mite silk proteins
In force
 · From the USPTO record
In forceFrom the USPTO record
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Also on record, not counted in the 86: 97 patents in force now held by others · 77 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 10 ended at full term · 1 past the fee grace period · 2 surrendered on reissue. 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.

56 pending · 66 abandoned · 47 no status recorded

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