Collateral for a security interest recorded Aug 12, 2025 (Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P.).
Term ended Nov 2, 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 8,010,197), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Electrocore, Inc.
Filed Nov 23, 2011 as application 13/303,627 · Granted Jun 19, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Nov 2, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2006
Nov 2, 2006
Term ended
Nov 2, 2026
Nov 2, 2026
Granted
Jun 19, 2012
Jun 19, 2012
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167, to Nov 2, 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.
9
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for 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 were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 11/591,768, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 23, 2011) | Nov 2, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,711,430, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167) | resolves to Nov 2, 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 | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,711,430 | In force no later than Apr 2028 | no later than Apr 2028 |
| US 7,869,880 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,010,197 | Term ended no later than Nov 2026 | no later than Nov 2026 |
| US 8,099,167 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,204,598 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 8,934,977 | Term ended Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,283,390 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
7 of 9 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 414 | Errico, Joseph P.; Mendez, Steven | Electrocore, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 21, 2019 Reel 48410, frame 510 | Electrocore, LLC | Electrocore, Inc. | Change of Name |
| 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.
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
52
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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.