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System and Method of Massively Parallel Data Processing

US 7,966,340 In force
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Term ends Mar 18, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Sep 8, 2010 as application 12/877,136 · Granted Jun 21, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2029
Clock starts
Mar 18, 2009
Term ends
Mar 18, 2029
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
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 8,903,841, to Mar 18, 2029. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 18, 2009, when application 12/406,875, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 8, 2010)Mar 18, 2029High 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 8,903,841)resolves to Mar 18, 2029, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 18, 2029High confidence

This family

Application 12/406,875Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2010/023260PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 8,903,841In force
Nov 2030
Nov 2030
US 7,966,340this patent
Mar 2029
Mar 2029
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 8, 2010
Reel 24954, frame 270
Friedman, Eric; Pawlowski, PeterAster Data Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 22, 2011
Reel 26636, frame 842
Aster Data Systems, Inc.Teradata US, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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