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Method for Processing a Request by Selecting an Appropriate Computer Node in a Plurality of Computer Nodes in a Storage Cluster Based on the Least Submitted Bid Value

US 8,566,626 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 28, 2021 (Stifel Bank).

Term ends Jul 25, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Jun 19, 2012 as application 13/527,430 · Granted Oct 22, 2013
Base term plus 6 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2030
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2010
Term ends
Jul 25, 2030
Granted
Oct 22, 2013
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
6
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
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 runs 6 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.
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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 19, 2010, when application 12/839,071, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 19, 2012)Jul 19, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+6 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 25, 2030High 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 orderJul 25, 2030High confidence

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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
Jun 2, 2014
Reel 33073, frame 415
Dutton, James E.; Arbilla, Laura; Yoakley, DavidCaringo, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 16, 2021
Reel 55607, frame 754
Caringo, Inc.Datacore Software CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Oct 28, 2021
Reel 57969, frame 86
Datacore Software CorporationStifel BankSecurity Interest
May 29, 2024
Reel 67563, frame 884
Datacore Software CorporationVistara Technology Growth Fund V Master, LPSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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