Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 25, 2025 (Midcap Funding IV Trust).
Term ends Feb 9, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Feb 9, 2027
Held by Neuropace, Inc.
Filed Feb 18, 2016 as application 15/047,475 · Granted Mar 21, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
Feb 9, 2007
Feb 9, 2007
Term ends
Feb 9, 2027
Feb 9, 2027
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Mar 21, 2017
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,894,890, US 8,068,904, US 8,369,940, US 8,538,514, US 8,903,483, to Feb 9, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
7
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Feb 9, 2007, when application 11/704,451, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 18, 2016) | Feb 9, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,894,890, US 8,068,904, US 8,369,940, US 8,538,514, US 8,903,483) | resolves to Feb 9, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 9, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,894,890 | In force Jun 2028 | Jun 2028 |
| US 8,068,904 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 8,369,940 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2025 | Feb 2025 |
| US 8,538,514 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 8,903,483 | In force Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
| US 9,326,724 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 9,597,032 | this patent Feb 2027 | Feb 2027 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 2016 Reel 39426, frame 685 | Sun, Felice; Pless, Benjamin D.; Gibb, Barbara | Neuropace, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 4, 2019 Reel 49466, frame 517 | Neuropace, Inc. | CRG Servicing LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 25, 2020 Reel 53885, frame 932 | Neuropace, Inc. | CRG Servicing LLC | Security 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 Trust | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2027
Term ends Feb 9, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,894,890, US 8,068,904, US 8,369,940, US 8,538,514, US 8,903,483, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
12
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.