Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2023 (Burtech LP LLC).
Term ends Jan 21, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2031
Held by Blaize, Inc.
Filed May 25, 2014 as application 14/287,036 · Granted Jun 21, 2016
Base term plus 219 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2011
2032
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2011
Jun 16, 2011
Term ends
Jan 21, 2032
Jan 21, 2032
Granted
Jun 21, 2016
Jun 21, 2016
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
219
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
5
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 219 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Jun 16, 2011, when application 13/161,547, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 25, 2014) | Jun 16, 2031 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +219 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 21, 2032 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 21, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,754,900 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,373,152 | this patent Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,640,150 | In force Jun 2031 | Jun 2031 |
| Application 15/465,660 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| Application 15/679,316 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 2014 Reel 32960, frame 413 | Koneru, Satyaki; Yin, Ke; Munagala, Dinakar C | Thinci, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2022 Reel 59108, frame 985 | Thinci, Inc. | Blaize, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jul 14, 2023 Reel 64274, frame 743 | Blaize, Inc. | Bess Ventures and Advisory, LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blaize, Inc. | Bess Ventures and Advisory, LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blaize, Inc. | Burtech LP LLC | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blaize, Inc. | Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust - Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Vip Fund | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | Blaize, Inc. | Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Oct 23, 2023 Reel 65317, frame 902 | Blaize, Inc. | Bess Ventures and Advisory, LLC; Burtech LP LLC; Franklin Templeton Variable Insurance Products Trust - Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Vip Fund; Franklin Strategic Series - Franklin Small-Mid Cap Growth Fund | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Aug 16, 2024 Reel 68672, frame 220 | Bess Ventures and Advisory, LLC | Blaize, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral at Reel/Frame No. 064274/0743 |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2032
Term ends Jan 21, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 219 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
5
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2016 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.