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Nucleic Acid-Guided Nucleases

US 12,180,502 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends no later than Jun 23, 2037 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed May 31, 2022 as application 17/829,316 · Granted Dec 31, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2017
Ends no later than
Jun 23, 2037
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
base term Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
6
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 23, 2017, when application 15/632,001, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 31, 2022)Jun 23, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Jun 23, 2037Medium confidence

This family

US 9,982,279In force
Jun 2037
Jun 2037
US 10,337,028In force
Jun 2037
Jun 2037
US 11,697,826In force
no later than Apr 2040
no later than Apr 2040
US 11,408,012In force
Jun 2037
Jun 2037
US 12,180,502this patent
no later than Jun 2037
no later than Jun 2037
Application 18/953,294Pending
not computed
not computed
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 4, 2022
Reel 60572, frame 758
Muse Biotechnology, Inc.Inscripta, Inc.Change of Name
Jan 30, 2023
Reel 62541, frame 491
Gill, Ryan T.; Garst, Andrew; Lipscomb, Tanya Elizabeth WarneckeMuse Biotechnology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 8, 2025
Reel 72836, frame 255
Manus Bio Inc.; Sto.Peru I LLC; Sto.Peru II LLC; Manus Intermediate Inc.; Manus Inscripta, Inc.Symbiotic Capital Agency LLC, as Administrative and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 15, 2025
Reel 72252, frame 203
Inscripta, Inc.,; Manus Inscripta, Inc.Manus Inscripta, Inc.Merger and Change of Name

Sources

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

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