Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2023 (Burtech LP LLC).
Term ends Jun 16, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 16, 2031
Held by Blaize, Inc.
Filed May 19, 2016 as application 15/159,000 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2011
2031
Clock starts
Jun 16, 2011
Jun 16, 2011
Term ends
Jun 16, 2031
Jun 16, 2031
Granted
May 2, 2017
May 2, 2017
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 8,754,900, to Jun 16, 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.
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 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 Jun 16, 2011, when application 13/161,547, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 19, 2016) | Jun 16, 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 8,754,900) | resolves to Jun 16, 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 | Jun 16, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,754,900 | In force Feb 2032 | Feb 2032 |
| US 9,373,152 | In force Jan 2032 | Jan 2032 |
| US 9,640,150 | this patent 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 19, 2016 Reel 38646, frame 479 | 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 |
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What's changing
Jun 2031
Term ends Jun 16, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,754,900, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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How we rank
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.