Collateral for a security interest recorded Nov 20, 2014 (Capital Royalty Partners II L.P.).
Lapsed Jun 24, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 30, 2027
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Neuropace, Inc.
Filed Sep 19, 2008 as application 12/234,297 · Granted Jun 24, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 1666 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jun 24, 2026
2007
2032
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2007
Oct 30, 2007
No longer in force
Jun 24, 2026
Jun 24, 2026
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Jun 24, 2014
Term would have run to
May 22, 2032
May 22, 2032
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,666
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
18
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 22, 2032: its 20-year base term plus 1666 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 30, 2007, when application 11/929,801, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 19, 2008) | Oct 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1666 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 22, 2032 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jun 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 24, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,179,850 | In force Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| US 8,761,889 | this patent Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| Application 12/243,733 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,965,513 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2008/081655 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 8,938,290 | In force Nov 2032 | Nov 2032 |
| US 9,440,064 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 9,167,978 | In force Oct 2027 | Oct 2027 |
8 of 18 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2008 Reel 21564, frame 172 | Wingeier, Brett; Pless, Benjamin | Neuropace, 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 LLC | Security 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 |
| Jun 25, 2025 Reel 71712, frame 422 | Neuropace, Inc. | Midcap Funding IV Trust | Security Interest |
Sources
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Note
The 1666 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
68
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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