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System and Method for Backing Up a Computer System

US 8,572,046 Term ended
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Apr 8, 2025 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ended Aug 30, 2023 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Dec 1, 2025.

Filed Sep 17, 2010 as application 12/884,952 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term plus 53 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Aug 30, 2023
2003 2026
Clock starts
Jul 8, 2003
Term ended
Aug 30, 2023
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
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
53
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 53 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 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 Sep 17, 2010)Jul 8, 2023High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+53 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordAug 30, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Dec 1, 2025, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 30, 2023High confidence

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US 7,617,414Term ended
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US 9,218,345Term ended
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US 8,572,046this patent
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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
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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