Lapsed Dec 21, 2022 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Amyris, Inc.
Filed May 25, 2007 as application 11/753,586 · Granted Dec 21, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 608 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Dec 21, 2022
2007
2029
Clock starts
May 25, 2007
May 25, 2007
No longer in force
Dec 21, 2022
Dec 21, 2022
Granted
Dec 21, 2010
Dec 21, 2010
Term would have run to
Jan 22, 2029
Jan 22, 2029
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
608
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
Its term would have run to Jan 22, 2029: its 20-year base term plus 608 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 May 25, 2007, when this application, 11/753,586, was filed | May 25, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +608 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 22, 2029 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Dec 21, 2022 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2022 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,854,774 | this patent 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 | In force 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2009 Reel 22066, frame 587 | Renninger, Neil S.; Newman, Jack D.; Reiling, Keith Kinkead | Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 8, 2013 Reel 30378, frame 447 | Amyris, Inc. | Total Gas & Power USA, SAS | Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2013 Reel 31478, frame 933 | Amyris, Inc. | Maxwell (Mauritius) Pte Ltd. | 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 |
| Mar 31, 2014 Reel 32578, frame 357 | Maxwell (Mauritius) Pte Ltd. | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jun 3, 2016 Reel 38878, frame 381 | Amyris, Inc. | Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc. | Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2016 Reel 39048, frame 251 | Hercules Capital Inc. | Stegodon Corporation | Security Interest |
| Aug 16, 2019 Reel 50081, frame 106 | Amyris, Inc. | Naxyris S.A. | Security Interest |
| Aug 28, 2019 Reel 50206, frame 606 | Stegodon Corporation | Amyris, Inc. | Release of 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 |
| Nov 9, 2022 Reel 61912, frame 459 | Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. | Amyris, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62304, frame 44 | Schottenfeld Opportunities Fund II, L.P. | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2023 Reel 62310, frame 378 | Naxyris S.A. | Amyris, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
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Citations
45
later US patents cite this one
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