Lapsed Nov 27, 2020 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 3, 2026
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Jun 11, 2008 as application 12/137,480 · Granted Nov 27, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Nov 27, 2020
2006
2030
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Oct 3, 2006
No longer in force
Nov 27, 2020
Nov 27, 2020
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Nov 27, 2012
Term would have run to
Jan 19, 2030
Jan 19, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,204
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
8
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 Jan 19, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 1204 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock 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, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1204 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 19, 2030 | 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 Nov 27, 2020 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 27, 2020 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,959,533 | In force no later than Jan 2030 | no later than Jan 2030 |
| US 8,317,650 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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The 1204 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
135
later US patents cite this one
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