Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 18, 2022 (Foris Ventures, LLC).
Term ends no later than Apr 12, 2029 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 9, 2027
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.
Held by Amyris, Inc.
Filed Oct 9, 2007 as application 11/973,901 · Granted Dec 7, 2010
Base term plus 551 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Oct 9, 2007
Oct 9, 2007
Ends no later than
Apr 12, 2029
Apr 12, 2029
Granted
Dec 7, 2010
Dec 7, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
551
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
21
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 551 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Oct 9, 2007, when this application, 11/973,901, was filed | Oct 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +551 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 12, 2029 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium 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 | no later than Apr 12, 2029 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,854,774 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2022 | Dec 2022 |
| Application 60/994,790 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 7,399,323 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
| US 7,846,222 | this patent no later than Apr 2029 | no later than Apr 2029 |
| US 7,942,940 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 7,935,156 | In force Feb 2030 | Feb 2030 |
| Application 61/049,350 | Pending not computed | not computed |
| US 7,806,944 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2018 | Oct 2018 |
8 of 21 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2007 Reel 20217, frame 936 | Renninger, Neil Stephen; McPhee, Derek James | Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30378, frame 447 | Amyris, Inc. | Total Gas & Power USA, SAS | Security Agreement |
| Nov 8, 2013 Reel 31607, frame 314 | Amyris, Inc. | Total Energies Nouvelles Activites USA | Security Agreement |
| Mar 27, 2014 Reel 32551, frame 828 | Total Energies Nouvelles Activities USA, SAS (F/K/A Total Gas & Power USA, SAS) | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Mar 28, 2014 Reel 32554, frame 1 | Total Energies Nouvelles Activites USA, SAS (F/K/A Total Gas & Power USA, SAS) | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 17, 2017 Reel 44483, frame 245 | Amyris Biotechnologies | Amyris, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Aug 16, 2019 Reel 50081, frame 106 | Amyris, Inc. | Naxyris S.A. | Security Interest |
| Nov 20, 2019 Reel 51072, frame 310 | Amyris, Inc. | Schottenfeld Opportunities Fund II, L.P. | Grant of Patent Security Interest |
| Oct 18, 2022 Reel 61703, frame 499 | Amyris, Inc. | Foris Ventures, LLC | Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2023 Reel 62760, frame 753 | Naxyris S.A. | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Feb 14, 2023 Reel 62760, frame 818 | Schottenfeld Opportunities Fund II, L.P. | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 3, 2023 Reel 64492, frame 518 | Amyris Clean Beauty, Inc.; Amyris Fuels, LLC; AB Technologies LLC; Amyris, Inc. | Muirisc, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 17, 2023 Reel 64619, frame 778 | Amyris, Inc.; Amyris Clean Beauty, Inc.; Amyris Fuels, LLC; AB Technologies LLC; Aprinnova, LLC; Amyris-Olinka, LLC; Onda Beauty Inc.; Upland 1 LLC; Amyris Eco-Fab LLC; Clean Beauty 4U Holdings, LLC; Amyris Clean Beauty Latam Ltda; Interfaces Industria e Comercia de Cosmeticos Ltda; Amyris Biotechnologia Do Brasil Ltda; Amyris Europe Trading B.V. (Netherlands); Amyris Bio Prodcuts Portugal, Unipessoal, Lda; Beauty Labs International Limited; Amyris UK Trading Limited | Euagore, LLC | Security Interest |
| May 24, 2024 Reel 67528, frame 467 | Amyris, Inc. | Euagore, LLC | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2029
Term ends no later than Apr 12, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 551 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Apr 12, 2029. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
36
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.