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Continuously Variable Transmission

US 7,762,919 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 4, 2024 (Glas Trust Corporation Limited).

Term ends Mar 25, 2029 · High confidence

Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Oct 4, 2005 as application 11/243,484 · Granted Jul 27, 2010
Base term plus 1268 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2005 2029
Clock starts
Oct 4, 2005
Term ends
Mar 25, 2029
Granted
Jul 27, 2010
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
1,268
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.
99
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 runs 1268 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 4, 2005, when this application, 11/243,484, was filedOct 4, 2025High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1268 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 25, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 25, 2029High confidence

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Apr 2022
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US 6,949,049Term ended
Apr 2022
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US 7,011,600Term ended
Feb 2024
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US 7,166,052Term ended
Nov 2024
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Application PCT/US2004/015652PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 7,261,663Term ended
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
US 7,192,381Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
US 7,147,586Term ended
Apr 2022
Apr 2022
8 of 99 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Apr 11, 2007
Reel 19156, frame 525
Smithson, Robert A.; Pohl, Brad P.; Armstrong, Oronde J.; Miller, Donald C.; Dawe, Daniel J.; Thomassy, Fernand A.; Simister, Matthew P.; Poth, Wesley R.; Nichols, Jon M.; Lohr, Charles B.Fallbrook Technologies Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 30, 2012
Reel 27620, frame 783
Fallbrook Technologies Inc.Ngen Iii, L.p.Security Agreement
Mar 9, 2012
Reel 27830, frame 217
Fallbrook Technologies Inc.Silicon Valley BankSecurity Agreement
Jul 25, 2012
Reel 28639, frame 872
Ngen Iii, L.p.Fallbrook Technologies Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 26, 2012
Reel 28651, frame 314
Fallbrook Technologies Inc.Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 7, 2012
Reel 28796, frame 140
Silicon Valley BankFallbrook Technologies, Inc.Release
Sep 13, 2017
Reel 43837, frame 903
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC.Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHLicense
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45059, frame 903
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC.Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Numbers 8700214 and 9239090 Previously Recorded on Reel 043837 Frame 0903. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the License.
Apr 26, 2022
Reel 59728, frame 361
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCGlas Trust Corporation LimitedSecurity Interest
May 4, 2022
Reel 59853, frame 560
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Technologies, Inc.; Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCLicense
May 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Technologies, Inc.License
May 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCLicense
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 67964, frame 1
Enviolo International Inc.Enviolo B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 68098, frame 23
Enviolo Inc.Enviolo International Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 68511, frame 716
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCEnviolo Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 4, 2024
Reel 69486, frame 623
Enviolo B.V.Glas Trust Corporation LimitedSecurity Interest

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