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Data Retrieval from a Distributed Data Storage System

US 10,909,110 Lapsed on the fee record
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Lapsed Feb 2, 2025 on the fee record · High confidence

First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Dec 20, 2019 as application 16/723,801 · Granted Feb 2, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 2, 2025
2011 2031
Clock starts
Sep 2, 2011
No longer in force
Feb 2, 2025
Granted
Feb 2, 2021
Term would have run to
Sep 2, 2031
base term after the term ends 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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
3
Family applications on record here
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Its term would have run to Sep 2, 2031: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Sep 2, 2011, when application 13/224,433, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 20, 2019)Sep 2, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 2, 2025High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 2, 2025High confidence

This family

US 8,769,138Lapsed on the fee record
Jul 2022
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US 10,579,615In force
Oct 2032
Oct 2032
US 10,909,110this patent
Feb 2025
Feb 2025
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
Dec 20, 2019
Reel 51349, frame 490
Bernbo, Stefan; Melander, Christian; Persson, Roger; Petersson, GustavPure Storage, Inc., a Delaware CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 26, 2020
Reel 53867, frame 581
Pure Storage, Inc.Barclays Bank PLC as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 11, 2025
Reel 71558, frame 523
Barclays Bank PLC, as Administrative AgentPure Storage, Inc.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patent Rights

Sources

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