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Treatment of Language, Behavior and Social Disorders

US 9,265,931 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 23, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence

Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 3, 2015 as application 14/845,153 · Granted Feb 23, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 23, 2024
2006 2026
Clock starts
Sep 21, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 23, 2024
Granted
Feb 23, 2016
Term would have run to
Sep 21, 2026
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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
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Its term would have run to Sep 21, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 21, 2006, when application 11/525,586, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 3, 2015)Sep 21, 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 events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 23, 2024High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 23, 2024High confidence

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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
Jan 8, 2016
Reel 37441, frame 944
Morrell, Martha JNeuropace, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 4, 2019
Reel 49466, frame 517
Neuropace, Inc.CRG Servicing LLCSecurity 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

Sources

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