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Shared File System Management Between Independent Operating Systems

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Also listed on Kinglite Holdings Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Feb 27, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jun 29, 2006 as application 11/480,167 · Granted Jun 5, 2012
Base term plus 243 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
Jun 29, 2006
Term ends
Feb 27, 2027
Granted
Jun 5, 2012
base term patent term adjustment 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
243
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 243 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 Jun 29, 2006, when this application, 11/480,167, was filedJun 29, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+243 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 27, 2027High 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 orderFeb 27, 2027High 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
Jun 29, 2006
Reel 18041, frame 881
Yang, Chiang HanPhoenix Technologies Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Nov 24, 2010
Reel 25406, frame 604
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLC, as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest - Patents
Nov 13, 2012
Reel 29291, frame 354
Highbridge Principal Strategies, LLCMep PLP, LLCSecurity Agreement
Nov 15, 2012
Reel 29307, frame 590
Mep PLP, LLCPhoenix Technologies Ltd.Release of Security Interest
Nov 21, 2012
Reel 29339, frame 716
Phoenix Technologies Ltd.Kinglite Holdings Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 18, 2012
Reel 29489, frame 861
Kinglite Holdings Inc.Hong Kong Technologies Group LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Jan 22, 2013
Reel 29672, frame 842
Hong Kong Technologies Group LimitedInsyde Software CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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