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22nd Century Group, Inc. (XXII)

Nasdaq: XXII · Cigarettes · Williamsville, IN · filing with the SEC since 2005
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US patents through Dec 31, 2025 · PatentsView, from the USPTO’s Open Data Portal · read Oct 27, 2026

52 patents granted to the 2 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 22nd Century Group, Inc.’s names, not what it holds today.

Patents granted
52
52 utility, 1976 to Dec 31, 2025
Granted in 2025
none
Against 3 in 2024 and 5 in 2023
Applications published
56
1 of them in 2025
Names they are printed under
2
a subsidiary
By yearGrantedApplications published
'07'14'15'16'17'18'19'20'21'22'23'24'25
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
Biotechnology8
Other consumer goods4
Food chemistry1
The main technology area of each patent, in the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 35 fields.
Under which name2 counted
22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC a subsidiary
US, as the owner printed on each patent
52 granted
52 published
22nd Century Limited, LLC a subsidiary
named as the applicant on its applications, in US
0 granted
4 published
Newest grantseach row opens the USPTO’s own copy
GrantedPatentTitleFieldOwner as printed
Dec 24, 202412,171,177Genetic approach for achieving ultra low nicotine content in tobaccoFood chemistry22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Sep 10, 202412,084,670Regulating alkaloidsBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Jun 25, 202412,018,265Nucleic acid encoding n-methylputrescine oxidase and uses thereofBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Dec 12, 202311,839,231Reducing levels of nicotinic alkaloids in plantsOther consumer goods22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Jun 6, 202311,667,924Increasing levels of nicotinic alkaloids in plantsOther consumer goods22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
May 16, 202311,649,463Trichome specific promoters for the manipulation of cannabinoids and other compounds in glandular trichomesBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Mar 7, 202311,597,941Nucleic acid sequences encoding transcription factors regulating alkaloid biosynthesis and their use in modifying plant metabolismBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Feb 7, 202311,572,568Regulating alkaloidsBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Jul 26, 202211,396,656Nucleic acid encoding n-methylputrescine oxidase and uses thereofBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Sep 7, 202111,109,617Reducing levels of nicotine in plantsOther consumer goods22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Newest applications publishedan application is a clue, never a plan
PublishedApplicationTitleFieldOwner as printed
Feb 27, 20252025/0064008GENETIC APPROACH FOR ACHIEVING ULTRA LOW NICOTINE CONTENT IN TOBACCOFood chemistry22nd Century Limited, LLC
Dec 14, 20232023/0399652INCREASING LEVELS OF NICOTINIC ALKALOIDS IN PLANTSOther consumer goods22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Nov 30, 20232023/0383303TRICHOME SPECIFIC PROMOTERS FOR THE MANIPULATION OF CANNABINOIDS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS IN GLANDULAR TRICHOMESBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Nov 23, 20232023/0374531TRICHOME SPECIFIC PROMOTERS FOR THE MANIPULATION OF CANNABINOIDS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS IN GLANDULAR TRICHOMESBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Oct 26, 20232023/0340514NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS REGULATING ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS AND THEIR USE IN MODIFYING PLANT METABOLISMBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Oct 26, 20232023/0340510REGULATING ALKALOIDSBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC · patent 12,084,670 granted from it
Feb 16, 20232023/0048978NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES ENCODING TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS REGULATING ALKALOID BIOSYNTHESIS AND THEIR USE IN MODIFYING PLANT METABOLISMBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
Jan 26, 20232023/0029171GENETIC APPROACH FOR ACHIEVING ULTRA LOW NICOTINE CONTENT IN TOBACCOFood chemistry22nd Century Limited, LLC · patent 12,171,177 granted from it
Jan 26, 20232023/0029030NUCLEIC ACID ENCODING N-METHYLPUTRESCINE OXIDASE AND USES THEREOFBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC · patent 12,018,265 granted from it
Oct 13, 20222022/0325294CANNABIS TERPENE SYNTHASE PROMOTERS FOR THE MANIPULATION OF TERPENE BIOSYNTHESIS IN TRICHOMESBiotechnology22ND CENTURY LIMITED, LLC
What it applied for, 2024 to 2025: Food chemistry 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.

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