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Erasure Coding and Replication in Storage Clusters

US 10,437,672 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 28, 2021 (Stifel Bank).

Term ends Jun 13, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Aug 24, 2017 as application 15/685,833 · Granted Oct 8, 2019
Base term plus 22 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2012
Term ends
Jun 13, 2032
Granted
Oct 8, 2019
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
22
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 8,799,746, US 9,148,174, US 9,916,198.
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.
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 22 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 13, 2012, when application 13/517,527, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 24, 2017)Jun 13, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+22 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 5, 2032High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,799,746, US 9,148,174, US 9,916,198)capped to Jun 13, 2032High confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 13, 2032High confidence

This family

US 8,799,746In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
Application PCT/US2013/044045PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,148,174In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 9,916,198In force
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
US 10,437,672this patent
Jun 2032
Jun 2032
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 24, 2017
Reel 43391, frame 694
Baker, Don; Klager, Andrew; Pierce, Aaron; Ring, Jonathan; Turpin, Russell; Yoakley, David; Carpentier, Paul R,MCaringo Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 16, 2021
Reel 55607, frame 754
Caringo, Inc.Datacore Software CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2021
Reel 57969, frame 86
Datacore Software CorporationStifel BankSecurity Interest
May 29, 2024
Reel 67563, frame 884
Datacore Software CorporationVistara Technology Growth Fund V Master, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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