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Gas-Fed Fermentation Reactors, Systems and Processes

US 11,332,706 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed May 17, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Jan 28, 2020 as application 16/774,991 · Granted May 17, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 17, 2026
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2017
No longer in force
May 17, 2026
Granted
May 17, 2022
Term would have run to
Jun 16, 2037
base term after the term ends 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 10,538,730, to Jun 16, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
0 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.
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Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Jun 16, 2037: 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. 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 Jun 16, 2017, when application 15/625,858, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 28, 2020)Jun 16, 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 10,538,730)resolves to Jun 16, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 17, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 17, 2026High confidence

This family

US 10,570,364In force
Aug 2037
Aug 2037
US 10,538,730In force
Jun 2037
Jun 2037
US 11,332,706this patent
May 2026
May 2026
US 12,116,563In force
Aug 2037
Aug 2037
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
Feb 29, 2024
Reel 66607, frame 888
Calysta, Inc.Ocean 14 Capital Fund 1 SCSPSecurity Interest
Oct 7, 2024
Reel 69116, frame 150
Calysta, Inc.Aqua-Spark Calysta LLCSecurity Interest

Sources

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