Term ends no later than Jan 2, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 3, 2026
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Oct 3, 2006 as application 11/543,311 · Granted Jun 14, 2011
Base term plus 1187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2030
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Oct 3, 2006
Ends no later than
Jan 2, 2030
Jan 2, 2030
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Jun 14, 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
1,187
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.
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 1187 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Oct 3, 2006, when this application, 11/543,311, was filed | Oct 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1187 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 2, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | 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 | no later than Jan 2, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,959,533 | this patent no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| US 8,317,650 | Lapsed on the fee record Nov 2020 | Nov 2020 |
| US 8,262,536 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2020 | Sep 2020 |
| US 7,871,353 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 9,121,464 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 10,208,840 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 11,454,303 | In force Sep 2027 | Sep 2027 |
| Application 17/563,910 | Abandoned 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2008 Reel 21069, frame 836 | Nichols, Jon M.; Pohl, Brad P.; Dawe, Daniel J.; Armstrong, Oronde J.; Lohr, Charles B.; McDaniel, Loren T.; Simister, Matthew P.; Thomassy, Fernand A.; Usmani, Ghayyurul I.; Elhardt, Paul M.; Stewart, Terry L.; Poxton, Peter D.; Eidson, Elton L. | 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 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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What's changing
Jan 2030
Term ends no later than Jan 2, 2030. No further fees fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 1187 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jan 2, 2030. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
222
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.