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Selective Processing of File System Objects for Image Level Backups

US 12,730,723 In force
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Term ends Jun 13, 2031 · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Filed Sep 6, 2023 as application 18/242,808 · Granted Sep 8, 2026
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Jun 13, 2011
Term ends
Jun 13, 2031
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
base term 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 1
Maintenance fees paid
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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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 1 maintenance fees are 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 Jun 13, 2011, when application 13/159,229, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 6, 2023); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Jun 13, 2031High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium 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 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 13, 2031Medium confidence

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US 9,507,670In force
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US 11,789,823In force
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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
Sep 6, 2023
Reel 64814, frame 761
Timashev, Ratmir; Gostev, AntonVeeam Software AGAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 3, 2024
Reel 67309, frame 422
Veeam Software Group GmbH (F/K/A Veeam Software AG)JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentPatent Security Agreement
May 20, 2026
Reel 75583, frame 744
Veeam Software AGVeeam Software GmbHEntity Conversion
May 21, 2026
Reel 75623, frame 835
Veeam Software GmbHVeeam Software Group GmbHChange of Name

Sources

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