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Surfactant and Cleaning Compositions Comprising Microbially Produced Branched Fatty Alcohols

US 8,859,259 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on LS9, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Aug 14, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Feb 14, 2011 as application 13/026,871 · Granted Oct 14, 2014
Base term plus 181 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Feb 14, 2011
Term ends
Aug 14, 2031
Granted
Oct 14, 2014
base term patent term adjustment 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
181
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.
2
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 181 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Feb 14, 2011, when this application, 13/026,871, was filedFeb 14, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+181 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 14, 2031High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 14, 2031High confidence

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US 8,859,259this patent
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Application 14/508,927Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 18, 2011
Reel 26771, frame 712
Rude, MathewLS9, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 7, 2014
Reel 34193, frame 175
LS9, Inc.Reg Life Sciences, LLCAmendment to Patent Assignment
Apr 7, 2015
Reel 35391, frame 384
LS9, Inc.Reg Life Sciences, LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Schedule a, Line 221 Previously Recorded on Reel 034193 Frame 0175. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Application Number.
Oct 9, 2019
Reel 50695, frame 661
Reg Life Sciences, LLCGenomatica, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 2, 2025
Reel 71471, frame 770
Genomatica, Inc.Oxford Finance LLCSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2025
Reel 73915, frame 27
Genomatica, Inc.Novo Holdings A/S, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 10, 2026
Reel 74708, frame 1
Genomatica, Inc.Again Bio APSSecurity Interest
Aug 7, 2026
Reel 76153, frame 826
Genomatica, Inc.Gma (ABC), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 11, 2026
Reel 76186, frame 419
Again Bio APSGenomatica, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Aug 13, 2026
Reel 76184, frame 531
Gma (ABC), LLCAgain Technology Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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