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Devices and Methods for Monitoring Physiological Information Relating to Sleep with an Implantable Device

US 8,369,940 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 20, 2014 (Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.).

Lapsed Feb 5, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Oct 14, 2011 as application 13/274,037 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 5, 2025
2007 2027
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2007
No longer in force
Feb 5, 2025
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 9, 2027
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 7,894,890, US 8,068,904, to Feb 9, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 Feb 9, 2027: 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. 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 Feb 9, 2007, when application 11/704,451, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 14, 2011)Feb 9, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,894,890, US 8,068,904)resolves to Feb 9, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 5, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 5, 2025High confidence

This family

US 7,894,890In force
Jun 2028
Jun 2028
US 8,068,904In force
Feb 2027
Feb 2027
US 8,369,940this patent
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
US 8,538,514Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2025
Sep 2025
US 8,903,483In force
Feb 2027
Feb 2027
US 9,326,724Lapsed on the fee record
May 2024
May 2024
US 9,597,032In force
Feb 2027
Feb 2027
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
Oct 14, 2011
Reel 27067, frame 77
Sun, Felice; Pless, Benjamin D; Gibb, BarbaraNeuropace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 20, 2014
Reel 34410, frame 767
Neuropace, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.; Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.; Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Nov 20, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Neuropace, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Nov 20, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Neuropace, Inc.Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Nov 20, 2014
reel/frame not recorded
Neuropace, Inc.Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Short-Form Patent Security Agreement
Sep 25, 2020
Reel 53885, frame 932
Neuropace, Inc.CRG Servicing LLCSecurity Interest
Jun 4, 2025
Reel 71495, frame 800
CRG Servicing LLC as Successor to Capital Royalty Partners II L.P., Capital Royalty Partners II - Parallel Fund "a" L.P., and Parallel Investment Opportunities Partners II L.P.Neuropace Inc.Release of Security Interest

Sources

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