Patents
US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026
271 patents granted to the 6 names below, as the owner printed on each patent when it was granted. A later sale, a lapse or an expiry is not read, so this is what was granted to Moderna, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.
Patents granted
271
271 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
37
Against 31 in 2024 and 27 in 2023
Applications published
634
65 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
6
a subsidiary, a former name
By yearGrantedApplications published
'12'13'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
Each pair is one calendar year. Applications are published about eighteen months after filing, so the newest years read low.
What they are aboutgrants since 2021
Pharmaceuticals106
Biotechnology21
Organic fine chemistry8
Measurement2
Basic materials chemistry1
Chemical engineering1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name6 counted
ModernaTX, Inc. a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent. 27 more under the same name are not counted (printed in GB)
234 granted
213 publishedModernaTX, Inc. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US. 1 more under the same name are not counted (printed in MA)
0 granted
275 publishedModerna Therapeutics, Inc. a former name
US, as the owner printed on each patent
34 granted
74 publishedModerna Therapeutics, Inc. a former name
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
66 publishedModerna Enzymatics Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in JP
0 granted
6 publishedModerna Enzymatics Co., Ltd. a subsidiary
JP, as the owner printed on each patent
3 granted
0 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
| Granted | Patent | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 30, 2025 | 12,508,278 | Lipid nanoparticle compositions and methods of formulating the same | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 23, 2025 | 12,502,431 | Delivery and formulation of engineered nucleic acids | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,496,561 | Vortex mixers and associated methods, systems, and apparatuses thereof | Chemical engineering | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 12,496,358 | Modified nucleosides, nucleotides, and nucleic acids, and uses thereof | Biotechnology | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 12,491,260 | Compositions and methods for delivery of agents | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Nov 4, 2025 | 12,460,259 | Fed-batch in vitro transcription process | Biotechnology | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 12,453,766 | RSV RNA vaccines | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 12,428,577 | Methods of monitoring in vitro transcription of mRNA and/or post-in vitro transcription processes | Basic materials chemistry | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Sep 23, 2025 | 12,419,957 | Delivery and formulation of engineered nucleic acids | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Sep 9, 2025 | 12,409,347 | Betacoronavirus mRNA vaccines | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
| Published | Application | Title | Field | Owner as printed |
|---|
| Dec 25, 2025 | 2025/0388963 | PRIMER DESIGN FOR CELL-FREE DNA PRODUCTION | Biotechnology | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375391 | LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING SURFACE LIPID DERIVATIVES AND RELATES USES | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 2025/0375389 | LIPID NANOPARTICLE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING PHOSPHOLIPID DERIVATIVES AND RELATED USES | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0369028 | CONTINUOUS IN VITRO TRANSCRIPTION PROCESS AND APPARATUS | Biotechnology | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Dec 4, 2025 | 2025/0367278 | VARIANT STRAIN-BASED CORONAVIRUS VACCINES | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0362278 | MASS SPECTROMETRY OF MRNA | Measurement | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Nov 27, 2025 | 2025/0360194 | HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS MRNA VACCINES | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 2025/0340586 | PREPARATION OF HIGHLY CONCENTRATED MRNA | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0313830 | MESSENGER RIBONUCLEIC ACIDS WITH EXTENDED HALF-LIFE | Biotechnology | ModernaTX, Inc. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 2025/0312442 | EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS VACCINES | Pharmaceuticals | ModernaTX, Inc. |
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Pharmaceuticals 94 · Biotechnology 28 · Organic fine chemistry 8 · Chemical engineering 3 · Basic materials chemistry 1 · Analysis of biological materials 1.
A patent is counted where the owner printed on it when it was granted carries the company’s own name, a former name, the name of a subsidiary its annual report lists, or its own name with a patent-holding phrase (Technology Licensing, Intellectual Property and the like), once the legal form, case and punctuation are set aside, and prints a country that name counts in. PatentsView’s data are published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. Source: PatentsView's granted patents and pre-grant publications, disambiguated, from the USPTO's Open Data Portal, through Dec 31, 2025, read Oct 27, 2026.