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Devices and Methods for Electrode Implantation

US 8,755,907 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2022 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).

Term ended Oct 20, 2024 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Jul 20, 2026.

Held by CVRX, Inc.
Filed May 21, 2013 as application 13/898,972 · Granted Jun 17, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 20, 2024
2004 2026
Clock starts
Oct 20, 2004
Term ended
Oct 20, 2024
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 20, 2004, when application 10/970,829, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 21, 2013)Oct 20, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Jul 20, 2026, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 20, 2024High confidence

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US 7,480,532Term ended
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Application 11/933,294Abandoned
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US 8,478,414Term ended
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US 8,224,437In force
Dec 2026
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US 8,560,076Term ended
Aug 2025
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US 8,755,907this patent
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
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
Mar 28, 2014
Reel 32547, frame 125
Kieval, Robert S.; Rossing, MartinCVRX, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
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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