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US 9,121,464 Term ended
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Term ended Oct 3, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Nov 20, 2012 as application 13/682,176 · Granted Sep 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Oct 3, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Oct 3, 2006
Term ended
Oct 3, 2026
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
base term after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 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.
8
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. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 3, 2006, when application 11/543,311, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 20, 2012)Oct 3, 2026High 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
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 3, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,959,533In force
no later than Jan 2030
no later than Jan 2030
US 8,317,650Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2020
Nov 2020
US 8,262,536Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2020
Sep 2020
US 7,871,353In force
Apr 2027
Apr 2027
US 9,121,464this patent
Oct 2026
Oct 2026
US 10,208,840In force
May 2028
May 2028
US 11,454,303In force
Sep 2027
Sep 2027
Application 17/563,910Abandoned
not computed
not computed
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
Sep 13, 2017
Reel 43837, frame 903
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC.Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHLicense
Jan 12, 2018
Reel 45059, frame 903
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLC.Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHCorrective Assignment to Correct the Patent Numbers 8700214 and 9239090 Previously Recorded on Reel 043837 Frame 0903. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the License.
May 4, 2022
Reel 59853, frame 560
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Technologies, Inc.; Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCLicense
May 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Technologies, Inc.License
May 4, 2022
reel/frame not recorded
Conti Temic Microelectronic GmbHFallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCLicense
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 67964, frame 1
Enviolo International Inc.Enviolo B.V.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 68098, frame 23
Enviolo Inc.Enviolo International Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 68511, frame 716
Fallbrook Intellectual Property Company LLCEnviolo Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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