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System and Method for Restoring Data on a Data Storage System

US 7,617,414 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Feb 17, 2025 · High confidence

Filed Jun 15, 2006 as application 11/455,124 · Granted Nov 10, 2009
Base term plus 590 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Feb 17, 2025
2003 2026
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2003
Term ended
Feb 17, 2025
Granted
Nov 10, 2009
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
590
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
4
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This patent's term runs 590 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees were paid, so no fee lapse ended it. 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 8, 2003, when application 10/614,347, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 15, 2006)Jul 8, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+590 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 17, 2025High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 17, 2025High confidence

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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 8, 2008
Reel 20486, frame 198
Mendocino Software, Inc.Triplepoint Capital LLCSecurity Agreement
Mar 7, 2008
Reel 20631, frame 888
Triplepoint Capital LLCMendocino SoftwareRelease
Jun 17, 2008
Reel 21096, frame 825
Mendocino Software, Inc.Symantec CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 4, 2016
Reel 37697, frame 412
Symantec CorporationVeritas US IP Holdings LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 23, 2016
Reel 37891, frame 1
Veritas US IP Holdings LLCBank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Feb 23, 2016
Reel 37891, frame 726
Veritas US IP Holdings LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 18, 2016
Reel 38455, frame 752
Veritas US IP Holdings LLC; Veritas Technologies LLCVeritas Technologies LLCMerger and Change of Name
Aug 20, 2020
Reel 54370, frame 134
Veritas Technologies LLCWilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Nov 30, 2020
Reel 54535, frame 814
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral AgentVeritas US IP Holdings, LLCTermination and Release of Security in Patents at R/F 037891/0726
Nov 25, 2024
Reel 69440, frame 84
Bank of America, N.A., as AssignorAcquiom Agency Services LLC, as AssigneeAssignment of Security Interest in Patent Collateral
Dec 9, 2024
Reel 69890, frame 1
Veritas Technologies LLC; Cohesity, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A.Security Interest
Dec 13, 2024
Reel 69634, frame 584
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLCRelease of Security Interest
Dec 16, 2024
Reel 69712, frame 90
Acquiom Agency Services LLC, as Collateral AgentVeritas Technologies LLC (F/K/A Veritas US IP Holdings LLC)Release of Security Interest
Feb 26, 2025
Reel 70335, frame 13
Veritas Technologies LLCCohesity, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 8, 2025
Reel 70779, frame 1
Veritas Technologies LLC; Cohesity, Inc.Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Amendment No. 1 to Patent Security Agreement

Sources

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