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Backup Operations in a Tree-Based Distributed File System

US 11,144,524 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 23, 2022 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends no later than Nov 10, 2034 · Medium confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Filed Sep 25, 2019 as application 16/582,264 · Granted Oct 12, 2021
Base term plus 98 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2034
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2014
Ends no later than
Nov 10, 2034
Granted
Oct 12, 2021
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
98
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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 98 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Aug 4, 2014, when application 14/450,730, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 25, 2019)Aug 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+98 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 10, 2034High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 10, 2034Medium confidence

This family

US 9,720,947In force
Jul 2035
Jul 2035
Application PCT/US2015/043623PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,467,216In force
Jun 2035
Jun 2035
US 11,144,524this patent
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
US 11,892,995In force
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
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 10, 2019
Reel 51236, frame 604
Aron, Mohit; Shanmuganathan, GaneshaCohesity, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 23, 2022
Reel 61509, frame 818
Cohesity, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2024
Reel 69890, frame 1
Veritas Technologies LLC; Cohesity, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A.Security Interest
Dec 10, 2024
Reel 69584, frame 498
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank)Cohesity, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup

Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.

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