Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 21, 2021 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP).
Lapsed Aug 19, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Electrocore, Inc.
Filed Mar 20, 2009 as application 12/408,131 · Granted Aug 19, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 790 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Aug 19, 2026
2006
2028
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2006
Nov 1, 2006
No longer in force
Aug 19, 2026
Aug 19, 2026
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Aug 19, 2014
Term would have run to
Dec 30, 2028
Dec 30, 2028
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
790
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.
169
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 Dec 30, 2028: its 20-year base term plus 790 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 Nov 1, 2006, when application 11/591,340, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 20, 2009) | Nov 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +790 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 30, 2028 | 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 Aug 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 19, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,747,324 | In force no later than Sep 2028 | no later than Sep 2028 |
| US 7,725,188 | In force no later than May 2028 | no later than May 2028 |
| Application 12/246,605 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,812,112 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 12/422,483 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,869,879 | In force Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
| US 8,041,428 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| Application 12/652,302 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 169 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 2009 Reel 22524, frame 993 | Errico, Joseph P.; Pastena, James R.; Mendez, Steven; Hu, Hecheng; Ross, Arthur; Simon, Bruce | Electrocore, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 21, 2021 Reel 58561, frame 979 | Nuvaira, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP | Security Interest |
| Jun 21, 2023 Reel 64017, frame 683 | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Nuvaira, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Oct 16, 2024 Reel 69175, frame 918 | Nuvaira, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP | Security Interest |
| Aug 12, 2025 Reel 72452, frame 559 | Electrocore, Inc. | Avenue Venture Opportunities Fund II, L.P. | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Note
The 790 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
60
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
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