Term ends Dec 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 4, 2026
Held by Telesis Bio Inc.
Filed Dec 4, 2006 as application 11/633,686 · Granted Apr 27, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Dec 4, 2006
Dec 4, 2006
Term ends
Dec 4, 2026
Dec 4, 2026
Granted
Apr 27, 2010
Apr 27, 2010
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 4, 2006, when this application, 11/633,686, was filed | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2026 | High confidence |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 2008 Reel 20968, frame 326 | Young, Lei | J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 8, 2010 Reel 23754, frame 793 | J. Craig Venter Institute, Inc. | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 26, 2019 Reel 49602, frame 502 | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. | Sgi-Dna, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 19, 2020 Reel 52705, frame 893 | Sgi-Dna, Inc. | Codex Dna, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 10, 2020 Reel 54372, frame 822 | Oxford Finance LLC | Synthetic Genomics, Inc.; Genovia Bio, LLC; Green Resources, LLC; Sgi-Dna, Inc.; Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Synthetic Genomics, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Genovia Bio, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Green Resources, LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Sgi-Dna, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 10, 2020 reel/frame not recorded | Oxford Finance LLC | Synthetic Genomics Vaccines, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 18, 2022 Reel 61208, frame 63 | Codex Dna, Inc. | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest (REVOLVING) |
| Aug 18, 2022 Reel 61208, frame 80 | Codex Dna, Inc. | Midcap Financial Trust | Security Interest (TERM) |
| Apr 19, 2023 Reel 63379, frame 581 | Codex Dna, Inc. | Telesis Bio Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 16, 2024 Reel 68390, frame 1 | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Telesis Bio Inc. (Formerly Known as Codex Dna, Inc.); Etonbio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (REVOLVING) |
| Jul 16, 2024 Reel 68390, frame 70 | Midcap Financial Trust | Telesis Bio Inc. (Formerly Known as Codex Dna, Inc.); Etonbio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (TERM) |
| Jul 16, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Telesis Bio Inc. (Formerly Known as Codex Dna, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (REVOLVING) |
| Jul 16, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Etonbio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (REVOLVING) |
| Jul 16, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Telesis Bio Inc. (Formerly Known as Codex Dna, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (TERM) |
| Jul 16, 2024 reel/frame not recorded | Midcap Financial Trust | Etonbio, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property (TERM) |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 4, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
26
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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