Also listed on LS9, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 11, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 13, 2027
Held by Again Technology Holdings Inc.
Filed Aug 8, 2008 as application 12/278,960 · Granted Feb 7, 2012
Base term plus 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 13, 2007
Feb 13, 2007
Term ends
May 11, 2027
May 11, 2027
Granted
Feb 7, 2012
Feb 7, 2012
base term
patent term adjustment
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
87
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
24
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 runs 87 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 13, 2007, when application PCT/US2007/003736, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2008) | Feb 13, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +87 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 11, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 11, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 60/802,016 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/801,995 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/003736 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/894,907 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application 60/908,547 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2007/011923 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/057127 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2008/058788 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
8 of 24 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2009 Reel 22068, frame 184 | Hu, Zhihao; Valle, Fernando | LS9, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 30, 2009 Reel 23448, frame 941 | Hu, Zhihao; Valle, Fernando | LS9, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 7, 2014 Reel 34193, frame 175 | LS9, Inc. | Reg Life Sciences, LLC | Amendment to Patent Assignment |
| Apr 7, 2015 Reel 35391, frame 384 | LS9, Inc. | Reg Life Sciences, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Schedule a, Line 221 Previously Recorded on Reel 034193 Frame 0175. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Application Number. |
| Oct 9, 2019 Reel 50695, frame 661 | Reg Life Sciences, LLC | Genomatica, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 2, 2025 Reel 71471, frame 770 | Genomatica, Inc. | Oxford Finance LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 7, 2026 Reel 76509, frame 131 | Genomatica, Inc. | Gma (ABC), LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 13, 2026 Reel 76184, frame 531 | Gma (ABC), LLC | Again Technology Holdings Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2027
Term ends May 11, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 87 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
129
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.