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Distributed Systems for the Efficient Production and Use of Microbe-Based Compositions

US 11,760,969 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends May 25, 2040 · High confidence

Filed Mar 7, 2019 as application 16/331,438 · Granted Sep 19, 2023
Base term plus 990 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2040
Clock starts
Sep 8, 2017
Term ends
May 25, 2040
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
base term patent term adjustment 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
990
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
5
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

This patent's term runs 990 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 8, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/050711, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 7, 2019)Sep 8, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+990 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMay 25, 2040High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 25, 2040High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2017/050711PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 11,760,969this patent
May 2040
May 2040
US 11,959,062In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
US 12,338,427In force
Sep 2037
Sep 2037
Application 19/222,283Pending
not computed
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The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

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
Mar 28, 2019
Reel 48722, frame 746
Farmer, Sean; Zorner, Paul S.; Alibek, Ken; Adams, Kent; Dixon, TylerLocus Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 30, 2019
Reel 48747, frame 990
Locus Solutions, LLCLocus IP Company, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 5, 2019
Reel 48811, frame 57
Locus IP Company, LLCLocus IP Company, LLCChange of Address for Assignee
Dec 3, 2022
Reel 62054, frame 132
Locus IP Company, LLCLocus Solutions Ipco, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 7, 2022
Reel 62079, frame 829
Locus Solutions, LLC; Locus Management GP, Inc.; Locus Management, LLC; Locus IP Company, LLC; Locus Oil Holding, LLC; Locus Bio-Energy Solutions, LLC; Locus Oil IP Company, LLC; Locus Agriculture Holding, LLC; Locus Agricultural Solutions, LLC; Locus Agriculture IP Company, LLC; Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC; Locus Solutions Ipholdco, LLC; Locus Consumer Brands Holding, LLC; Arctiva Wellness, LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 17, 2023
Reel 65615, frame 905
Locus IP Company, LLCLocus Solutions Ipco, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2023
Reel 65836, frame 868
Locus Solutions Ipco, LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as the Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 30, 2024
Reel 69273, frame 361
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentLocus Solutions Ipco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 11, 2024
Reel 69333, frame 911
Locus Solutions Ipco, LLCU.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 18, 2024
Reel 69386, frame 272
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Solutions, LLC; Locus Management GP, Inc.; Locus Management, LLC; Locus IP Company, LLC; Locus Oil Holding, LLC,; Locus Bio-Energy Solutions, LLC; Locus Oil IP Company, LLC; Locus Agriculture Holding, LLC; Locus Agricultural Solutions, LLC; Locus Agriculture IP Company, LLC,; Locus Solutions Ipco, LLC; Locus Solutions Ipholdco, LLC; Locus Consumer Brands Holding, LLC; Arctiva Wellness, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Management GP, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Management, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus IP Company, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Oil Holding, LLC,Release of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Bio-Energy Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Oil IP Company, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Agriculture Holding, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Agricultural Solutions, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Agriculture IP Company, LLC,Release of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Solutions Ipco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Solutions Ipholdco, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyLocus Consumer Brands Holding, LLCRelease of Security Interest
Nov 18, 2024
reel/frame not recorded
U.S. Bank Trust CompanyArctiva Wellness, LLCRelease of Security Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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