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Method for Performing Incremental Backup of Database Files

US 8,041,675 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Veritas US IP Holdings LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Dec 11, 2026 · High confidence

Filed Sep 20, 2004 as application 10/945,128 · Granted Oct 18, 2011
Base term plus 812 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2004 2026
Clock starts
Sep 20, 2004
Term ends
Dec 11, 2026
Granted
Oct 18, 2011
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
812
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.

This patent's term runs 812 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Sep 20, 2004, when this application, 10/945,128, was filedSep 20, 2024High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+812 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 11, 2026High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 11, 2026High confidence

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 26, 2004
Reel 15821, frame 57
McCain, GregVeritas Operating CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 21, 2007
Reel 19866, frame 544
Vertitas Operating CorporationSymantec Operating CorporationChange of Name
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

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

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