Collateral for a security interest recorded May 17, 2021 (Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent).
Term ends Dec 13, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Oct 31, 2036
Held by VELO3D, Inc.
Filed Apr 18, 2017 as application 15/490,219 · Granted Jul 23, 2019
Base term plus 43 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Oct 31, 2016
Oct 31, 2016
Term ends
Dec 13, 2036
Dec 13, 2036
Granted
Jul 23, 2019
Jul 23, 2019
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
43
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 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.
44
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 43 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 Oct 31, 2016, when application 15/339,759, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 18, 2017) | Oct 31, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +43 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 13, 2036 | 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 | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 13, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2016/034454 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2016/034857 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,662,840 | In force Oct 2036 | Oct 2036 |
| US 10,357,957 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| Application 15/808,777 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/808,434 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/836,057 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 17/846,339 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 44 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2019 Reel 48731, frame 792 | Buller, Benyamin; Lappas, Tasso; Levin, Evgeni; Korepanov, Sergey; Mendelsberg, Rueben | VELO3D, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 17, 2021 Reel 56259, frame 341 | VELO3D, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank, as Administrative and Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Aug 15, 2023 Reel 64591, frame 634 | VELO3D, Inc. | High Trail Investments on LLC | Intellectual 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 Agent | Arrayed Notes Acquisition Corp., as the Successor Collateral Agent | Intellectual Property Security Interest Assignment Agreement |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 13, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 43 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
136
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 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.