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Devices and Methods for Treatment of Heart Failure and Associated Conditions

US 8,326,430 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2022 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).

Term ends Sep 9, 2030 · High confidence

Held by CVRX, Inc.
Filed Jun 16, 2009 as application 12/485,895 · Granted Dec 4, 2012
USPTO first gave this application the number US 8,265,760 and withdrew it before it issued. That number now leads here.
Base term plus 450 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2009
Term ends
Sep 9, 2030
Granted
Dec 4, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
450
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
27
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 450 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 16, 2009, when this application, 12/485,895, was filedJun 16, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+450 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordSep 9, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 9, 2030High confidence

This family

US 7,395,119Term ended
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
Application PCT/US2006/019470PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
Application 11/836,035Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 7,835,797In force
Sep 2028
Sep 2028
Application 12/035,865Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,116,873In force
Jul 2029
Jul 2029
US 8,326,430this patent
Sep 2030
Sep 2030
US 8,715,327Lapsed on the fee record
May 2026
May 2026
8 of 27 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Sep 18, 2009
Reel 23251, frame 811
Georgakopoulos, Dimitrios; Lovett, Eric Grant; Cates, AdamCVRX, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 20, 2012
Reel 27890, frame 289
CVRX, Inc.CVRX, Inc.Confirmatory Assignment
Oct 31, 2022
Reel 61824, frame 238
CVRX, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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