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69 patents currently held · Updated Nov 14, 2026
2 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
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Fee deadlines

Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
  • 5 fees due Jan 2 to 23, 2027 · next Jan 2
  • 1 fee due Feb 6, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Method and Apparatus of Providing Location Based Device Modifications (US 10,375,521) comes due Feb 6, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 6, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Apr 17 to 27, 2027 · next Apr 17
  • 1 fee due May 5, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Transparent network security for application containers (US 10,467,043) comes due May 5, 2027. Unpaid by Nov 5, 2027, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Jul 30, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Vertically Integrated Automatic Threat Level Determination for Containers and Hosts in a Containerization Environment (US 11,886,573) comes due Jul 30, 2027. Unpaid by Jan 31, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 1 fee due Aug 27, 2027
    The maintenance fee for Allocating Resources for Network Function Virtualization (US 11,915,051) comes due Aug 27, 2027. Unpaid by Feb 28, 2028, it lapses early.
  • 2 fees due Sep 17 to 22, 2027 · next Sep 17
  • 3 fees due Oct 7 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 7

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Recent changes

  • 1 of the patents on this record was granted since Aug 16, 2026

Patents held now

Soonest term end first. Each date below is computed on that patent's own page, which shows the rule, the adjustments and the fee history it was derived from.
PatentTitleStatus Expires Confidence
US 8,713,555Security Patch Update Processor
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 9,032,382Security Patch Update Processor
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 11,194,567Security Patch Update Processor
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,770,063Simulation of Failure Recovery Within Clustered Systems
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 7,774,822Autonomous Policy Discovery
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,862,633System and Method for Efficiently Building Virtual Appliances in a Hosted Environment
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,086,359Dynamic Thermal Load Balancing
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 8,209,568System and Method for Implementing an Intelligent Backup Technique for Cluster Resources
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
US 12,061,896System And Method For Upgrading Kernels In Cloud Computing Environments
In force
 · Medium confidence
In forceMedium confidence
US 8,209,288System and Method for Inspecting a Virtual Appliance Runtime Environment
In force
 · High confidence
In forceHigh confidence
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Also on record, not counted in the 69: 2 patents in force now held by others · 12 lapsed for an unpaid fee · 11 ended at full term. List them

Sources and methods

Compiled from the USPTO record, grants, published applications and recorded assignments, not yet reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.

Published applications

US patent applications published under this name that have not become patents. An application is published about eighteen months after its earliest filing; one that has not been published is in no public record.

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