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Microbial Compositions and Methods of Use for Improving Milk Production

US 10,398,154 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 30, 2025 (Western Alliance Bank).

Term ends Jan 6, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jul 6, 2018 as application 16/029,398 · Granted Sep 3, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 6, 2017
Term ends
Jan 6, 2037
Granted
Sep 3, 2019
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,993,507, to Jan 6, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
35
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 is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 6, 2017, when application PCT/US2017/012573, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 6, 2018)Jan 6, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,993,507)resolves to Jan 6, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 6, 2037High confidence

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US 9,540,676In force
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US 10,851,399In force
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Application PCT/US2017/012573PCT application
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no patent term
US 9,938,558In force
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US 10,870,877In force
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US 10,398,154this patent
Jan 2037
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US 10,632,157In force
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8 of 35 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Jul 31, 2018
Reel 46513, frame 605
Embree, Mallory; Picking, Luke; Gogul, Grant; Tarasova, JannaAscus Biosciences, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 9, 2020
Reel 53732, frame 496
Ascus Biosciences, Inc.Native Microbials, Inc.Change of Name
Jul 30, 2025
Reel 72324, frame 1
Native Microbials, Inc.Western Alliance BankSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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