Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 15, 2024 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).
Term ends Aug 24, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 24, 2028
Held by Codexis, Inc.
Filed May 18, 2011 as application 13/110,789 · Granted Jul 24, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Aug 24, 2008
Aug 24, 2008
Term ends
Aug 24, 2028
Aug 24, 2028
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Jul 24, 2012
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.
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.
11
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 24, 2008, when application 12/197,286, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 18, 2011) | Aug 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | Aug 24, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,977,078 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,227,229 | this patent Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 8,962,285 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,394,552 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,932,615 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 10,385,371 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 10,851,397 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 11,427,841 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 2014 Reel 34060, frame 76 | Pfizer Inc. | Codexis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 8, 2024 Reel 66418, frame 55 | Liang, Jack; Jenne, Stephane J.; Mundorff, Emily; Lalonde, James; Voladri, Rama; Huisman, Gjalt | Codexis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2024 Reel 66424, frame 616 | Codexis, Inc. | Pfizer, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 9, 2024 Reel 66424, frame 806 | Pfizer, Inc. | Codexis, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 15, 2024 Reel 66600, frame 650 | Codexis, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
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Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 24, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Citations
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