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Distributed Computing System Having Autonomic Deployment of Virtual Machine Disk Images

US 8,572,138 In force
OverviewAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Cassatt Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Nov 28, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Mar 30, 2007 as application 11/694,483 · Granted Oct 29, 2013
Base term plus 1339 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2030
Clock starts
Mar 30, 2007
Term ends
Nov 28, 2030
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
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
1,339
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 1339 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 Mar 30, 2007, when this application, 11/694,483, was filedMar 30, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+1339 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordNov 28, 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 orderNov 28, 2030High 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 11, 2007
Reel 19410, frame 430
Sundar, Jagane; Radia, Sanjay; Henseler, David A.Cassatt CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 15, 2009
Reel 22689, frame 94
Cassatt CorporationCA, Inc.Security Agreement
Jun 8, 2009
Reel 22793, frame 113
Cassatt CorporationComputer Associates Think, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 20, 2013
Reel 31043, frame 138
Computer Associates Think, Inc.CA, Inc.Merger
Mar 10, 2020
Reel 52066, frame 459
CA, Inc.Avago Technologies International Sales Pte. LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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