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Three-Dimensional Printing and Three-Dimensional Printers

US 10,286,452 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 17, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent).

Term ends Jun 27, 2037 · High confidence

Held by VELO3D, Inc.
Filed Jun 27, 2017 as application 15/634,727 · Granted May 14, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jun 27, 2017
Term ends
Jun 27, 2037
Granted
May 14, 2019
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
17
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 27, 2017, when this application, 15/634,727, was filedJun 27, 2037High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 27, 2037High confidence

This family

US 10,286,452this patent
Jun 2037
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Application 17/946,175Abandoned
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Application 18/092,975Abandoned
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Application 18/195,472Abandoned
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Application 18/238,496Abandoned
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5 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Jul 7, 2017
Reel 42935, frame 225
Buller, Benyamin; Murphree, Zachary Ryan; Romano, Richard Joseph; Brezoczky, Thomas Blasius; Lappen, Alan Rick; Martinson, Robert MichaelVELO3D, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 4, 2019
Reel 48504, frame 281
Buller, Benyamin; Murphree, Zachary Ryan; Romano, Richard Joseph; Brezoczky, Thomas Blasius; Lappen, Alan Rick; Martinson, Robert MichaelVELO3D, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Fourth Assignor's Execution Date Previously Recorded on Reel 042935 Frame 0225. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Mar 12, 2019
Reel 48575, frame 615
Buller, Benyamin; Murphree, Zachary Ryan; Romano, Richard Joseph; Brezoczky, Thomas Blasius; Lappen, Alan Rick; Martinson, Robert MichaelVELO3D, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
May 17, 2021
Reel 56259, frame 341
VELO3D, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 15, 2023
Reel 64591, frame 634
VELO3D, Inc.High Trail Investments on LLCIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Sep 8, 2023
Reel 64845, frame 840
Silicon Valley Bank, a Division of First- Citizens Bank & Trust Company (Successor by Purchase to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation as Receiver for Silicon Valley Bridge Bank, N.A. (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank))VELO3D, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 12, 2024
Reel 69603, frame 977
High Trail Investments on LLC, as the Resigning Collateral AgentArrayed Notes Acquisition Corp., as the Successor Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Interest Assignment Agreement

Sources

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