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Architecture for Implementing a Virtualization Environment and Appliance

US 11,314,543 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Jul 17, 2032 · High confidence

Filed Aug 17, 2020 as application 16/947,790 · Granted Apr 26, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2032
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2012
Term ends
Jul 17, 2032
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,747,570, to Jul 17, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
5
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 2 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 Jul 17, 2012, when application 13/551,291, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 17, 2020)Jul 17, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,747,570)resolves to Jul 17, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 17, 2032High confidence

This family

US 9,772,866In force
Jun 2034
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US 10,684,879In force
Jul 2032
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US 10,747,570In force
Jul 2032
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US 11,314,543this patent
Jul 2032
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US 12,455,758In force
Jul 2032
Jul 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 17, 2020
Reel 53515, frame 744
Aron, Mohit; Pandey, Dheeraj; Singh, Ajeet; Bhardwaj, Rishi; Chun, BrentNutanix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70206, frame 463
Nutanix, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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