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Continuously Variable Transmission

US 7,871,353 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Term ends Apr 15, 2027 · High confidence

Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Jun 11, 2008 as application 12/137,464 · Granted Jan 18, 2011
Base term plus 194 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Term ends
Apr 15, 2027
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
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
194
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.
8
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 194 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 3, 2006, when application 11/543,311, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 11, 2008)Oct 3, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+194 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 15, 2027High 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 orderApr 15, 2027High confidence

This family

US 7,959,533In force
no later than Jan 2030
no later than Jan 2030
US 8,317,650Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
US 8,262,536Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
US 7,871,353this patent
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
US 9,121,464Term ended
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 10,208,840In force
May 2028
May 2028
US 11,454,303In force
Sep 2027
Sep 2027
Application 17/563,910Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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 62
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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