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Polypeptides Useful for Gene Editing and Methods of Use

US 12,188,018 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Lifeedit, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Dec 20, 2039 · High confidence

Filed May 12, 2023 as application 18/316,698 · Granted Jan 7, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Dec 20, 2019
Term ends
Dec 20, 2039
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
base term 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
5
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. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 20, 2019, when application PCT/US2019/068079, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 12, 2023)Dec 20, 2039High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 20, 2039High confidence

This family

Application PCT/US2019/068079PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 12,655,426In force
Jul 2042
Jul 2042
US 12,188,018this patent
Dec 2039
Dec 2039
Application 18/826,746Pending
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Application 18/960,883Pending
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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
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68399, frame 1
Bowen, Tyson D.; Elich, Tedd D.Lifeedit Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68399, frame 167
Crawley, Alexandra BrinerLifeedit Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68399, frame 241
Moore, MarkLifeedit Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68399, frame 425
Lassner, MichaelAgbiome, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2024
Reel 68399, frame 581
Agbiome, Inc.Lifeedit, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2024
Reel 68407, frame 837
Lifeedit, Inc.Lifeedit, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2024
Reel 68407, frame 936
Lifeedit, LLCAgbiome, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2024
Reel 68408, frame 59
Agbiome, LLCAgbiome, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 27, 2024
Reel 68408, frame 204
Agbiome, Inc.Lifeedit Therapeutics, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2024
Reel 68796, frame 600
Lifeedit Therapeutics, Inc.Life Edit Therapeutics, Inc.Change of Name

Sources

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

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