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US 9,341,246 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 4, 2024 (Glas Trust Corporation Limited).

Term ends Dec 27, 2026 · High confidence

Held by Enviolo B.V.
Filed Apr 28, 2014 as application 14/263,900 · Granted May 17, 2016
Base term plus 36 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 21, 2006
Term ends
Dec 27, 2026
Granted
May 17, 2016
base term patent term adjustment 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
36
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
6
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 36 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Nov 21, 2006, when application 11/562,317, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 28, 2014)Nov 21, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+36 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 27, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 27, 2026High confidence

This family

Application 11/562,317Abandoned
not computed
not computed
US 8,708,360In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 7,914,029Lapsed on the fee record
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
US 9,341,246this patent
Dec 2026
Dec 2026
US 9,709,138In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 10,711,869In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
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
Dec 4, 2024
Reel 69486, frame 623
Enviolo B.V.Glas Trust Corporation LimitedSecurity Interest

Sources

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