Collateral for a security interest recorded Jul 17, 2023 (Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC).
Term ends Jul 16, 2033 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 20, 2032
Held by Bluesight, Inc.
Filed Jul 20, 2012 as application 13/554,342 · Granted Mar 24, 2015
Base term plus 361 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2012
2033
Clock starts
Jul 20, 2012
Jul 20, 2012
Term ends
Jul 16, 2033
Jul 16, 2033
Granted
Mar 24, 2015
Mar 24, 2015
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
361
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.
22
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 361 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 Jul 20, 2012, when this application, 13/554,342, was filed | Jul 20, 2032 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +361 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 16, 2033 | 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 | Jul 16, 2033 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,990,099 | this patent Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
| Application 14/469,524 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,449,296 | In force Aug 2032 | Aug 2032 |
| Application PCT/US2014/053837 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,058,412 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,058,413 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,037,479 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,805,169 | In force Jul 2033 | Jul 2033 |
8 of 22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 2012 Reel 28599, frame 811 | Macdonald, Kevin; Kress-spatz, Timothy | Kitcheck, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 22, 2014 Reel 34033, frame 219 | Kitcheck, Inc. | Kit Check, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Nov 11, 2014 Reel 34204, frame 73 | Macdonald, Kevin William; Kress-spatz, Timothy James Leo | Kit Check, Inc. | Confirmatory Assignment |
| Aug 10, 2015 Reel 36324, frame 749 | Macdonald, Kevin William; Kress-spatz, Timothy James Leo | Kit Check, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the "The Application" to Read "The Patent Applications" Throughout the Assignment and Update Appendix Previously Recorded on Reel 034204 Frame 0073. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Confirmatory Assignment. |
| Jun 29, 2018 Reel 46235, frame 172 | Kit Check, Inc. | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Security Interest |
| Sep 10, 2018 Reel 46824, frame 521 | Kit Check, Inc. | Silicon Valley Bank | Security Interest |
| Oct 14, 2021 Reel 57789, frame 706 | Silicon Valley Bank | Kit Check, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Nov 4, 2021 Reel 58018, frame 443 | Kit Check, Inc. | Western Alliance Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 16, 2023 Reel 62775, frame 703 | Kit Check, Inc. | Bluesight, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 17, 2023 Reel 64284, frame 736 | Bluesight, Inc. | Monroe Capital Management Advisors, LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2023 Reel 64303, frame 585 | Western Alliance Bank | Bluesight, Inc. (F/K/A Kit Check, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 18, 2023 Reel 64309, frame 352 | Orix Growth Capital, LLC | Bluesight, Inc. (F/K/A Kit Check, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest at R/F 46235/0172 |
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What's changing
Jul 2033
Term ends Jul 16, 2033. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 361 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
78
later US patents cite this one
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