Term ends Feb 8, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 13, 2028
Held by Codexis, Inc.
Filed Dec 13, 2017 as application 15/840,381 · Granted Apr 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Sep 13, 2008
Sep 13, 2008
Term ends
Feb 8, 2028
Feb 8, 2028
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
base term
after the term ends
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.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,820,421, US 7,883,879, US 7,977,078, US 8,088,610, US 8,257,952, US 8,273,554, US 8,288,131, US 8,288,141, US 8,415,127, US 8,426,178, US 8,748,143, US 8,852,909, US 8,956,840, US 8,980,606, US 9,139,819, US 9,139,820, US 9,228,213, US 9,365,878, US 9,382,519, US 9,388,391, US 9,476,034, US 9,657,320, US 9,796,964, US 9,932,615.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
12
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. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Sep 13, 2008, when application 12/210,195, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 13, 2017) | Sep 13, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,820,421, US 7,883,879, US 7,977,078, US 8,088,610, US 8,257,952, US 8,273,554, US 8,288,131, US 8,288,141, US 8,415,127, US 8,426,178, US 8,748,143, US 8,852,909, US 8,956,840, US 8,980,606, US 9,139,819, US 9,139,820, US 9,228,213, US 9,365,878, US 9,382,519, US 9,388,391, US 9,476,034, US 9,657,320, US 9,796,964, US 9,932,615) | capped to Feb 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 8, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,748,143 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,512,973 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 8,852,909 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 9,528,131 | In force Sep 2028 | Sep 2028 |
| US 9,873,863 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 9,951,318 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 10,100,288 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,227,572 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
8 of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2024 Reel 66600, frame 650 | Codexis, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 8, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,820,421, US 7,883,879, US 7,977,078, US 8,088,610, US 8,257,952, US 8,273,554, US 8,288,131, US 8,288,141, US 8,415,127, US 8,426,178, US 8,748,143, US 8,852,909, US 8,956,840, US 8,980,606, US 9,139,819, US 9,139,820, US 9,228,213, US 9,365,878, US 9,382,519, US 9,388,391, US 9,476,034, US 9,657,320, US 9,796,964, US 9,932,615.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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