Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 21, 2021 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund 1, LP).
Term ended Nov 2, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Nov 1, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 7,711,430, US 7,747,324, US 8,010,197), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Electrocore, LLC
Filed May 25, 2010 as application 12/786,469 · Granted May 19, 2015
Base term plus 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended Nov 2, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 1, 2006
Nov 1, 2006
Term ended
Nov 2, 2026
Nov 2, 2026
Granted
May 19, 2015
May 19, 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
198
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,747,324, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167, US 8,204,598, US 8,812,112.
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.
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 runs 198 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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.
| 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 May 25, 2010) | Nov 1, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +198 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 18, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,711,430, US 7,747,324, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167, US 8,204,598, US 8,812,112) | capped to Nov 2, 2026 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 2, 2026 | Medium 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2015 Reel 36211, frame 624 | Errico, Joseph P.; Pastena, James R.; Mendez, Steven; Hu, Hecheng; Ross, Arthur | Electrocore, LLC | 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 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Note
The 198 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,711,430, US 7,747,324, US 7,869,880, US 8,010,197, US 8,099,167, US 8,204,598, US 8,812,112.
Citations
42
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.