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Recovery of Virtual Machine Files Using Disk Attachment

US 11,042,309 In force
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Term ends Jun 30, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jun 30, 2014 as application 14/320,510 · Granted Jun 22, 2021
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Jun 30, 2014
Term ends
Jun 30, 2034
Granted
Jun 22, 2021
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 30, 2014, when this application, 14/320,510, was filedJun 30, 2034High 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 events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 30, 2034High confidence

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US 10,789,136Lapsed on the fee record
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Application 14/320,393Abandoned
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US 11,526,403In force
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US 9,760,448In force
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US 10,359,951In force
Jun 2034
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US 11,042,309this patent
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US 9,858,154In force
Jan 2035
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US 10,002,052In force
Jul 2034
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8 of 12 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 11, 2015
Reel 34939, frame 316
Acronis International GmbHObsidian Agency Services, Inc.Security Interest
Jul 26, 2017
Reel 43350, frame 186
Acronis International GmbH; Grouplogic, Inc.Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Oct 21, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Acronis International GmbHRelease of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2019
reel/frame not recorded
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Grouplogic, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Oct 21, 2019
Reel 50783, frame 893
Obsidian Agency Services, Inc.Acronis International GmbH; Grouplogic, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Apr 19, 2021
Reel 55959, frame 273
Per, Yuri; Lyadvinsky, Maxim V.; Beloussov, Serguei M.; Egorov, Dmitry; Kandaurov, SergeyAcronis International GmbHAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 28, 2022
Reel 61330, frame 818
Acronis AG; Acronis International GmbH; Acronis SCS, Inc.; Acronis, Inc.; Grouplogic, Inc.; Nscaled Inc.; Acronis Management LLC; 5NINE Software, Inc.; Acronis Germany GmbH; Acronis Netherlands B.V.; Acronis Bulgaria Eood; Devicelock, Inc.; Devlockcorp Ltd.; Acronis Inc.Midcap Financial TrustReaffirmation Agreement

Sources

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

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