Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 21, 2021 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP).
Term ends Dec 22, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 2, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,711,430, US 7,725,188), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Electrocore, Inc.
Filed Jul 21, 2009 as application 12/506,297 · Granted Jan 11, 2011
Base term plus 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2006
Nov 2, 2006
Term ends
Dec 22, 2026
Dec 22, 2026
Granted
Jan 11, 2011
Jan 11, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
50
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,725,188, to Dec 22, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
169
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 50 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 2, 2006, when application 11/592,095, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 21, 2009) | Nov 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +50 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 22, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,711,430, US 7,725,188) | resolves to Dec 22, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 22, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,747,324 | In force no later than Sep 2028 | no later than Sep 2028 |
| US 7,725,188 | In force no later than May 2028 | no later than May 2028 |
| Application 12/246,605 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,812,112 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 12/422,483 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,869,879 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,041,428 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application 12/652,302 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 169 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 13, 2018 Reel 45069, frame 348 | Errico, Joseph P.; Mendez, Steven; Pastena, James R. | Electrocore, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2019 Reel 48410, frame 510 | Electrocore, LLC | Electrocore, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Feb 25, 2019 Reel 48465, frame 793 | Errico, Joseph P.; Mendez, Steven; Pastena, James R. | Electrocore, LLC | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Original Recordation by Removing Patent 8612004 from the List of Properties Previously Recorded at Reel: 045069 Frame: 0348. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Dec 21, 2021 Reel 58561, frame 979 | Nuvaira, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2023 Reel 64017, frame 683 | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Nuvaira, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2024 Reel 69175, frame 918 | Nuvaira, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72452, frame 559 | Electrocore, Inc. | Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 22, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 50 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,725,188, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
37
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.