10 patents currently held

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

The next term ends in May 2030. from the record

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notable patents all others 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

Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size.

Notable patents

Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank

Notable

Optically-Based Nanopore Analysis with Reduced Background US 11,066,702

The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 19 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data. Protection runs to 2037.

Ends Jan 2037 · High confidence Also notable

Efficient Optical Analysis of Polymers Using Arrays of Nanostructures US 9,624,537

Cited by 14 later US patents, top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2035.

Ends Oct 2035 · High confidence Also notable

Nanopore-Based Nucleic Acid Analysis with Mixed Fret Detection US 9,862,997

The largest patent family in this portfolio, 5 related applications, renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2034.

Ends Oct 2034 · High confidence

Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Sep 24, 2027
The maintenance fee for Nanopore-Based Polymer Analysis with Mutually-Quenching Fluorescent Labels (US 10,597,712) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.

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1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

What they patent

The 5 largest of its 8 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.

Nanopore-Based Polymer Analysis with Mutally-Quenching Fluorescent Labels	2 in force	to May 2036
Efficient Optical Analysis of Polymers Using Arrays of Nanostructures	2 in force	to Oct 2035
Electrochemical Fluidic Valve and Devices Containing the Same	1 in force	to Jul 2042
Monolayer Polymeric Coatings for Modifying Metal Oxide Surfaces	1 in force	to Jun 2038
Optically Based Nanopore Sequencing	1 in force	to Nov 2037

Patents held now

Soonest term end first.

Showing 1 to 10 of 10

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 9,651,539	Reducing Background Fluorescence in MEMS Materials by Low Energy Ion Beam Treatment In force Term ends May 13, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 13, 2030	High confidence
US 9,862,997	Nanopore-Based Nucleic Acid Analysis with Mixed Fret Detection In force Term ends Oct 23, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 23, 2034	High confidence
US 9,624,537	Efficient Optical Analysis of Polymers Using Arrays of Nanostructures In force Term ends Oct 23, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 23, 2035	High confidence
US 11,041,197	Efficient Optical Analysis of Polymers Using Arrays of Nanostructures In force Term ends Oct 23, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 23, 2035	High confidence
US 10,597,712	Nanopore-Based Polymer Analysis with Mutually-Quenching Fluorescent Labels In force Term ends Dec 20, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 20, 2035	High confidence
US 9,885,079	Nanopore-Based Polymer Analysis with Mutally-Quenching Fluorescent Labels In force Term ends May 24, 2036 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 24, 2036	High confidence
US 11,066,702	Optically-Based Nanopore Analysis with Reduced Background In force Term ends Jan 11, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 11, 2037	High confidence
US 10,823,721	Optically Based Nanopore Sequencing In force Term ends Nov 29, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Nov 29, 2037	High confidence
US 11,034,853	Monolayer Polymeric Coatings for Modifying Metal Oxide Surfaces In force Term ends Jun 7, 2038 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 7, 2038	High confidence
US 12,280,373	Electrochemical Fluidic Valve and Devices Containing the Same In force Term ends Jul 15, 2042 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 15, 2042	High confidence

Also on record, not counted in the 10: 3 patents ended · 3 applications pending · 23 applications abandoned. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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