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Method for Modifying Plants with a Recombinant RNA Molecule

US 12,351,811 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Flagship Labs, LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends no later than Oct 31, 2042 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Nov 14, 2024 as application 18/948,087 · Granted Jul 8, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2022 2042
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2022
Ends no later than
Oct 31, 2042
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
base term 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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. from the record

How we calculated this date

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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 31, 2022, when application PCT/US2022/078963, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 14, 2024)Oct 31, 2042High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Oct 31, 2042Medium confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2022/078963PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 18/700,801Pending
not computed
not computed
US 12,351,811this patent
no later than Oct 2042
no later than Oct 2042
US 12,529,067In force
Oct 2042
Oct 2042
Application 19/431,115Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Nov 15, 2024
Reel 69286, frame 318
Martin, Barry Andrew; Niu, Yajie; Sharpe, Michka GabrielleFlagship Labs, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2024
Reel 69286, frame 430
Flagship Labs, LLCFlagship Pioneering Innovations VII, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2024
Reel 69286, frame 507
Flagship Labs 70, Inc.Flagship Pioneering Innovations VII, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 15, 2024
Reel 69384, frame 299
Khakhar, Arjun Devang; Sprague, Daniel Alexander; Antonelli Dennis, Elizabeth Jane; Halac, Mehmet Ali; Hao, Yumeng; Kumar, Jayashree; Singh, Aditya Sushil Kumar; Kremer, James Michael; Chu, Fu Chyun; Klicki, Kevin; Lin, Chien-yuan; Pant, Shankar Raj; Rothenheber, Derek ThomasFlagship Labs 70, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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