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Systems, Methods and Devices for a Skull/Brain Interface

US 9,167,978 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 25, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).

Term ends Oct 30, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Oct 6, 2014 as application 14/506,819 · Granted Oct 27, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Oct 30, 2007
Term ends
Oct 30, 2027
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
base term 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.
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.

This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Oct 30, 2007, when application 11/929,801, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 6, 2014)Oct 30, 2027High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderOct 30, 2027High confidence

This family

US 9,179,850In force
Dec 2031
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US 8,761,889Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
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Application 12/243,733Abandoned
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US 8,965,513In force
Nov 2032
Nov 2032
Application PCT/US2008/081655PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,938,290In force
Nov 2032
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US 9,440,064Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2024
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US 9,167,978this patent
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
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
Jun 24, 2015
Reel 35898, frame 170
Wingeier, Brett; Pless, BenjaminNeuropace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 25, 2020
Reel 53885, frame 932
Neuropace, Inc.CRG Servicing LLCSecurity 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 TrustSecurity Interest

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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