Lapsed Mar 29, 2019 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 21, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Feb 28, 2008 as application 12/039,591 · Granted Mar 29, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Mar 29, 2019
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2006
Nov 21, 2006
No longer in force
Mar 29, 2019
Mar 29, 2019
Granted
Mar 29, 2011
Mar 29, 2011
Term would have run to
Nov 21, 2026
Nov 21, 2026
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
6
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 Nov 21, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 21, 2006, when application 11/562,317, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 28, 2008); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 21, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Mar 29, 2019 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 29, 2019 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 11/562,317 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,708,360 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| US 7,914,029 | this patent Mar 2019 | Mar 2019 |
| US 9,341,246 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 9,709,138 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,711,869 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
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 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 Bank | Security 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 LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 7, 2012 Reel 28796, frame 140 | Silicon Valley Bank | Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. | Release |
| Sep 13, 2017 Reel 43837, frame 903 | Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC. | Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH | License |
| Jan 12, 2018 Reel 45059, frame 903 | Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC. | Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH | Corrective 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 GmbH | Fallbrook Technologies, Inc.; Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC | License |
| May 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH | Fallbrook Technologies, Inc. | License |
| May 4, 2022 reel/frame not recorded | Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbH | Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC | License |
| 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 LLC | Enviolo Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
150
later US patents cite this one
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