Fuze, Inc.

15 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026

28 more in force are now held by other companies

Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.

Recorded under 2 name spellings.

Previously recorded as Thinking Phone Networks, Inc. (to 2016)

Ending by 2030

May 2027

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When these terms end

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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.

1 fee due Apr 22, 2027
The maintenance fee for Topical Group Communication and Multimedia File Sharing Across Multiple Platforms (US 10,454,695) comes due Apr 22, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 22, 2027, it lapses early.
1 fee due Oct 14, 2027
The maintenance fee for Unified Communication System (US 10,623,562) comes due Oct 14, 2027. Unpaid by Apr 14, 2028, it lapses early.

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Recent changes

1 term has ended since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.

Patent	Title	Status	Expires	Confidence
US 8,913,506	Call Quality Monitoring In force Term ends May 21, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends May 21, 2027	High confidence
US 8,130,769	Configuring a Network Device In force Term ends Oct 17, 2027 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Oct 17, 2027	High confidence
US 8,156,564	Discovering Network Services In force Term ends Jan 24, 2029 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 24, 2029	High confidence
US 10,097,612	Selecting Routes Through a Network In force Term ends Jan 5, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jan 5, 2030	High confidence
US 8,457,000	Call Quality Monitoring In force Term ends Jun 17, 2030 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jun 17, 2030	High confidence
US 10,033,836	Systems and Methods of Address Book Management In force Term ends Dec 15, 2034 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 15, 2034	High confidence
US 11,178,255	Systems and Methods of Address Book Management In force Term ends Dec 15, 2034 · Medium confidence	In force	Term ends Dec 15, 2034	Medium confidence
US 9,819,768	Systems and Methods of Address Book Management In force Term ends Jul 6, 2035 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Jul 6, 2035	High confidence
US 10,191,951	System and Method for Determining User Knowledge Scores Based on Topic Analysis of Mapped Content In force Term ends Aug 25, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 25, 2037	High confidence
US 10,877,980	System and Method for Determining User Knowledge Scores Based on Topic Analysis of Mapped Content In force Term ends Aug 25, 2037 · High confidence	In force	Term ends Aug 25, 2037	High confidence

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Also on record, not counted in the 15: 28 patents in force now held by others · 2 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 1 ended at full term · 2 surrendered on reissue. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built

Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

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Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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