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Connection Structures for Extra-Vascular Electrode Lead Body

US 7,389,149 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2022 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).

Term ended Nov 11, 2025 · High confidence

Held by CVRX, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2005 as application 11/168,753 · Granted Jun 17, 2008
Base term plus 137 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 11, 2025
2005 2026
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2005
Term ended
Nov 11, 2025
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
137
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.
3
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 137 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 27, 2005, when this application, 11/168,753, was filedJun 27, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+137 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 11, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 11, 2025High confidence

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US 7,389,149this patent
Nov 2025
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US 8,014,874In force
Feb 2028
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Application 12/035,194Abandoned
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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 11, 2005
Reel 16387, frame 869
Rossing, Martin A.; Bolea, Stephen L.; Mayer, David W.; Hjelle, Aaron; Irwin, Eric D.; Crowley, Thomas P.CVRX, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 31, 2022
Reel 61824, frame 238
CVRX, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

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