Collateral for a security interest recorded May 22, 2019 (Bspace Investments Limited).
Term ends Dec 21, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 21, 2031
Held by Zspace, Inc.
Filed Mar 2, 2015 as application 14/635,654 · Granted Dec 1, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Dec 21, 2011
Dec 21, 2011
Term ends
Dec 21, 2031
Dec 21, 2031
Granted
Dec 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,970,625, to Dec 21, 2031. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are 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 Dec 21, 2011, when application 13/333,299, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 2, 2015) | Dec 21, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,970,625) | resolves to Dec 21, 2031, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 21, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,970,625 | In force Mar 2033 | Mar 2033 |
| US 9,201,568 | this patent Dec 2031 | Dec 2031 |
| Application 14/871,863 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 14/871,744 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 2015 Reel 35206, frame 905 | Chavez, David A.; Paranjpe, Milind; Tu, Jerome C. | Zspace, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 2, 2018 Reel 44985, frame 721 | Zspace, Inc. (F/K/A Infinite Z, Inc.) | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. | Security Interest |
| May 8, 2019 Reel 49113, frame 898 | Runway Growth Credit Fund Inc. | Zspace, Inc. (F/K/A Infinite Z, Inc.) | Release of Security Interest |
| May 22, 2019 Reel 49259, frame 533 | Zspace, Inc. | Bspace Investments Limited | Security Interest |
| Sep 17, 2021 Reel 57651, frame 222 | Zpace, Inc. | East West Bank | Security Interest |
| Feb 6, 2023 Reel 62640, frame 162 | East West Bank | Zspace, Inc. | Release of Patent Security Agreement |
| Apr 14, 2025 Reel 70826, frame 887 | Zspace, Inc. | 3I, L.P. | Security Interest |
| Oct 15, 2026 Reel 76730, frame 227 | Zspace, Inc. | Vection Technologies Ltd. | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2031
Term ends Dec 21, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,970,625, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
17
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2015 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
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