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Methods and Devices for Treatment of Migraines

US 8,313,520 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Lapsed Nov 20, 2024 on the fee record · Low confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 8, 2011 as application 13/315,141 · Granted Nov 20, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Nov 20, 2024
2006 2026
Clock starts
May 10, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 20, 2024
Granted
Nov 20, 2012
Term would have run to
May 10, 2026
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
2 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.
7
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 May 10, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 May 10, 2006, when application 11/432,285, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2011); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)May 10, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Nov 20, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 20, 2024Low confidence

This family

US 7,824,436In force
Apr 2028
Apr 2028
US 7,837,722In force
no later than Feb 2027
no later than Feb 2027
Application 11/881,105Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,075,605Term ended
no later than Jun 2026
no later than Jun 2026
US 8,313,520this patent
Nov 2024
Nov 2024
US 9,358,150In force
Apr 2029
Apr 2029
US 10,561,527In force
no later than Aug 2028
no later than Aug 2028
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 3, 2012
Reel 27472, frame 274
Barbut, Denise; Rozenberg, AllanBenechill, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 18, 2015
Reel 35035, frame 316
Hoffman, John K; Shaffer, Thomas HBenechill, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 23, 2015
Reel 36163, frame 535
Benechill, Inc.Healthcap V L.P.; Ofp V Advisor AB; NGN Biomed Opportunity Annex Fund L.P.; NGN Biomed Opportunity I, L.P.; NGN Biomed Opportunity I GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KG; Marchessini, Alexander; Berman, Michael; Cohen, Fred; Michael Berman Revocable TrustSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Healthcap V L.P.Security Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Ofp V Advisor ABSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.NGN Biomed Opportunity Annex Fund L.P.Security Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.NGN Biomed Opportunity I, L.P.Security Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.NGN Biomed Opportunity I GmbH & Co. Beteiligungs KGSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Marchessini, AlexanderSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Berman, MichaelSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Cohen, FredSecurity Agreement
Jul 23, 2015
reel/frame not recorded
Benechill, Inc.Michael Berman Revocable TrustSecurity Agreement
Sep 30, 2016
Reel 39911, frame 289
Healthcap V L.P; Ofp V Advisor AB; NGN Biomed Opportunity Annex Fund L.P.; NGN Biomed Opportunity I, L.P.; NGN Biomed Opportunity I GmbH & Co.; Marchessini, Alexander; Berman, Michael; Cohen, Fred; Michael Berman Revocable TrustBenechill, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 22, 2016
Reel 40094, frame 502
Benechill, Inc.Braincool ABAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 7, 2022
Reel 62014, frame 201
Wolfson, Marla RTemple University - of the Commonwealth System of Higher EducationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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