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US 7,828,685 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Nov 9, 2022 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Feb 28, 2008 as application 12/039,559 · Granted Nov 9, 2010
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 177 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 9, 2022
2006 2027
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 9, 2022
Granted
Nov 9, 2010
Term would have run to
Apr 19, 2027
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
177
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Apr 19, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 177 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Medium. 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 24, 2006, when application 11/585,677, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2008)Oct 24, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+177 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 19, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 9, 2022High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 9, 2022Medium confidence

This family

US 7,632,203Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2021
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US 8,070,635Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 7,828,685this patent
Nov 2022
Nov 2022
US 7,727,101In force
Mar 2027
Mar 2027
US 8,342,999Lapsed on the fee record
Jan 2021
Jan 2021
US 8,550,949Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 9,022,889Lapsed on the fee record
May 2023
May 2023
US 9,506,562Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
8 of 10 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
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 262
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.
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

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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