Also listed on Midori USA, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Feb 27, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 27, 2032
Held by DSM Nutritional Products, LLC
Filed Feb 27, 2012 as application 13/406,517 · Granted Jun 18, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Feb 27, 2012
Feb 27, 2012
Term ends
Feb 27, 2032
Feb 27, 2032
Granted
Jun 18, 2013
Jun 18, 2013
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.
3
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 27, 2012, when this application, 13/406,517, was filed | Feb 27, 2032 | 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 | Feb 27, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,466,242 | this patent Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 8,476,388 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| US 9,205,418 | In force no later than Oct 2032 | no later than Oct 2032 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 2012 Reel 28412, frame 604 | Geremia, John M.; Baynes, Brian M. | Midori Renewables, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2012 Reel 29523, frame 3 | Dhawan, Ashish | Midori Renewables, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2015 Reel 36053, frame 912 | Midori Renewables, Inc. | Midori USA, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 24, 2017 Reel 43083, frame 379 | Midori USA, Inc. | Cadena Bio, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 9, 2022 Reel 61404, frame 320 | Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.; Cardena Bio, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Sep 10, 2022 Reel 61362, frame 1 | Hercules Capital, Inc. | DSM Nutritional Products, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 18, 2022 Reel 61700, frame 414 | Kaleido Biosciences, Inc.; Cadena Bio, Inc. | Hercules Capital, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Second Assignor Name Previously Recorded at Reel: 061404 Frame: 0320. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
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What's changing
Feb 2032
Term ends Feb 27, 2032. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
56
later US patents cite this one
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