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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 a Calculated Bid Value in Each Computer Node

US 8,726,053 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Oct 28, 2021 (Stifel Bank).

Term ends Mar 1, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jul 19, 2010 as application 12/839,071 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term plus 225 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2010 2031
Clock starts
Jul 19, 2010
Term ends
Mar 1, 2031
Granted
May 13, 2014
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
225
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
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This patent's term runs 225 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 19, 2010, when this application, 12/839,071, was filedJul 19, 2030High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+225 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordMar 1, 2031High 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 orderMar 1, 2031High confidence

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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
Oct 29, 2010
Reel 25221, frame 984
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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