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Electrical Stimulation Treatment of Hypotension

US 8,948,873 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 16, 2024 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP).

Term ended Nov 2, 2026 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Dec 17, 2013 as application 14/108,711 · Granted Feb 3, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Nov 2, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 2, 2006
Term ended
Nov 2, 2026
Granted
Feb 3, 2015
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.
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.
169
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. Confidence: Medium. 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 Nov 2, 2006, when application 11/592,095, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 17, 2013); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 2, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderNov 2, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 7,747,324In force
no later than Sep 2028
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US 7,725,188In force
no later than May 2028
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Application 12/246,605Abandoned
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US 8,812,112Lapsed on the fee record
Aug 2026
Aug 2026
Application 12/422,483Abandoned
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US 7,869,879In force
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 8,041,428In force
Feb 2027
Feb 2027
Application 12/652,302Abandoned
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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Dec 17, 2013
Reel 31798, frame 707
Simon, Bruce J.; Errico, Joseph P.; Mendez, StevenElectrocore, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 21, 2021
Reel 58561, frame 979
Nuvaira, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LPSecurity Interest
May 9, 2023
Reel 63588, frame 812
Electrocore, LLCElectrocore, Inc.Change of Name
Jun 21, 2023
Reel 64017, frame 683
Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LPNuvaira, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 16, 2024
Reel 69175, frame 918
Nuvaira, Inc.Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LPSecurity 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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