Collateral for a security interest recorded May 8, 2013 (Total Gas & Power USA, SAS).
Term ends Feb 17, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 20, 2027
Held by Amyris, Inc.
Filed Nov 20, 2007 as application 11/986,485 · Granted May 3, 2011
Base term plus 820 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2030
Clock starts
Nov 20, 2007
Nov 20, 2007
Term ends
Feb 17, 2030
Feb 17, 2030
Granted
May 3, 2011
May 3, 2011
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
820
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
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 820 days past its 20-year base term on 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 Nov 20, 2007, when this application, 11/986,485, was filed | Nov 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +820 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 17, 2030 | 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 | Feb 17, 2030 | High 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 | 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 1, 2008 Reel 20916, frame 155 | Renninger, Neil Stephen; Ryder, Jason A.; Fisher, Karl J. | Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 24, 2011 Reel 26329, frame 271 | Amyris Biotechnologies, Inc. | Amyris, Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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Feb 2030
Term ends Feb 17, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 820 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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