Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 23, 2023 (Burtech LP LLC).
Term ends Aug 1, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 25, 2036
Held by Blaize, Inc.
Filed Jul 8, 2019 as application 16/505,381 · Granted Sep 21, 2021
Base term plus 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016
Term ends
Aug 1, 2036
Aug 1, 2036
Granted
Sep 21, 2021
Sep 21, 2021
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
267
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,437,637.
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.
11
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 267 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 25, 2016, when application 15/164,848, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jul 8, 2019) | May 25, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +267 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Feb 16, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,437,637) | capped to Aug 1, 2036 | 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 | Aug 1, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,437,637 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,150,961 | In force Apr 2037 | Apr 2037 |
| US 11,379,262 | In force Aug 2038 | Aug 2038 |
| US 11,416,282 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,436,045 | In force May 2036 | May 2036 |
| US 11,126,462 | this patent Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,755,368 | In force Aug 2036 | Aug 2036 |
| US 11,593,184 | In force Sep 2036 | Sep 2036 |
8 of 11 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 8, 2019 Reel 49692, frame 114 | Koneru, Satyaki; Cook, Val G.; Yin, Ke | 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
Aug 2036
Term ends Aug 1, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 267 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,437,637.
Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2021 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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