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Amylases and Glucoamylases, Nucleic Acids Encoding Them and Methods for Making and Using Them

US 10,883,098 In force
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Term ends Dec 21, 2027 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Oct 11, 2018 as application 16/157,538 · Granted Jan 5, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2007
Term ends
Dec 21, 2027
Granted
Jan 5, 2021
base term fee events 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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Maintenance fees paid
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One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 21, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/088631, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 11, 2018); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Dec 21, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 21, 2027Medium confidence

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Application PCT/US2007/088631PCT application
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Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 11, 2018
Reel 47137, frame 459
Silverstone, Aron Louis; Zhang, YanSyngenta Participations AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 11, 2018
Reel 47137, frame 181
Slupska, Malgorzata; Hazlewood, Geoff; Luginbuhl, Peter; Burke, Ellen; Cayouette, Michelle H.; Gunavardena, Uvini; Chang, Cathy; Ghassemian, Majid; Verenium CorporationBASF Enzymes LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest

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