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System and Method for Providing Preferential I/O Treatment to Devices That Host a Critical Virtual Machine

US 10,338,950 In force
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Term ends Aug 25, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Nov 30, 2016 as application 15/364,667 · Granted Jul 2, 2019
Base term plus 249 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2033
Clock starts
Dec 19, 2012
Term ends
Aug 25, 2033
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
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
249
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 249 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 19, 2012, when application 13/720,566, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 30, 2016)Dec 19, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+249 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 25, 2033High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 25, 2033High confidence

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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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 1, 2017
Reel 41850, frame 511
Veritas Technologies LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement Supplement
Mar 17, 2017
Reel 42037, frame 817
Veritas Technologies LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement Supplement
Apr 16, 2020
Reel 52426, frame 1
Veritas Technologies, LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement Supplement
Aug 20, 2020
Reel 54370, frame 134
Veritas Technologies LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 30, 2020
Reel 54535, frame 565
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 052426/0001
Dec 9, 2024
Reel 69548, frame 468
Veritas Technologies LLCArctera US LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 10, 2024
Reel 69563, frame 243
Arctera US LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 10, 2024
Reel 69585, frame 150
Arctera US LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
Dec 13, 2024
Reel 69574, frame 895
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 13, 2024
Reel 69634, frame 584
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 1, 2025
Reel 73833, frame 730
Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentArctera US LLCTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at R/F 070530/0497
Dec 1, 2025
Reel 73833, frame 848
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentArctera US LLCTermination and Release of Patent Security Agreement at R/F 069585/0150
Dec 12, 2025
Reel 73951, frame 470
Arctera US LLCCitibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 4, 2026
Reel 74876, frame 584
Veritas Technologies LLCArctera US LLCCorrective Assignment to Correct the Conveying Party Data and Correct the Patent Numbers Previously Recorded at Reel: 69548 Frame: 468. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Aug 31, 2026
Reel 76336, frame 209
Citibank, N.A., as Collateral AgentArctera US LLCTermination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights Reel/Frame 073951/0470

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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