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Nucleic Acid-Guided Nucleases

US 9,982,279 In force
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Term ends Jun 23, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jun 23, 2017 as application 15/632,001 · Granted May 29, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jun 23, 2017
Term ends
Jun 23, 2037
Granted
May 29, 2018
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.
2 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
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 23, 2017, when this application, 15/632,001, was filedJun 23, 2037High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 23, 2037High confidence

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US 9,982,279this patent
Jun 2037
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US 10,337,028In force
Jun 2037
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US 11,697,826In force
no later than Apr 2040
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US 12,180,502In force
no later than Jun 2037
no later than Jun 2037
Application 18/953,294Pending
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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 22, 2017
Reel 43633, frame 876
Gill, Ryan T.; Garst, Andrew; Lipscomb, Tanya Elizabeth WarneckeMuse Biotechnology, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 29, 2018
Reel 45071, frame 755
Muse Biotechnology, Inc.Inscripta, Inc.Change of Name
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

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