Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 31, 2022 (Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP).
Term ends Feb 23, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Jun 27, 2025
Held by CVRX, Inc.
Filed Aug 8, 2007 as application 11/836,047 · Granted Sep 6, 2011
Base term plus 971 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2005
2028
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2005
Jun 27, 2005
Term ends
Feb 23, 2028
Feb 23, 2028
Granted
Sep 6, 2011
Sep 6, 2011
base term
patent term adjustment
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
971
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
3
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 971 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 27, 2005, when application 11/168,753, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 8, 2007) | Jun 27, 2025 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +971 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 23, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 23, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,389,149 | Term ended Nov 2025 | Nov 2025 |
| US 8,014,874 | this patent Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| Application 12/035,194 | Abandoned 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2010 Reel 24228, frame 756 | Rossing, Martin A.; Bolea, Stephen L.; Mayer, David W.; Hjelle, Aaron; Crowley, Tom; Irwin, Eric D. | CVRX, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 31, 2022 Reel 61824, frame 238 | CVRX, Inc. | Innovatus Life Sciences Lending Fund I, LP | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Feb 2028
Term ends Feb 23, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 971 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
43
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2011 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.