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Backup Operations in a Tree-Based Distributed File System

US 9,720,947 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 23, 2022 (Silicon Valley Bank).

Term ends Jul 30, 2035 · High confidence

Filed Aug 4, 2014 as application 14/450,730 · Granted Aug 1, 2017
Base term plus 360 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2014 2035
Clock starts
Aug 4, 2014
Term ends
Jul 30, 2035
Granted
Aug 1, 2017
base term patent term adjustment 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
360
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 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.
5
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 360 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Aug 4, 2014, when this application, 14/450,730, was filedAug 4, 2034High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+360 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 30, 2035High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 30, 2035High confidence

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US 9,720,947this patent
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Application PCT/US2015/043623PCT application
no patent term
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US 10,467,216In force
Jun 2035
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US 11,144,524In force
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
US 11,892,995In force
no later than Nov 2034
no later than Nov 2034
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
Aug 4, 2014
Reel 33456, frame 483
Aron, Mohit; Shanmuganathan, GaneshaCohesity, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Sep 23, 2022
Reel 61509, frame 818
Cohesity, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Dec 9, 2024
Reel 69890, frame 1
Veritas Technologies LLC; Cohesity, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank. N.A.Security Interest
Dec 10, 2024
Reel 69584, frame 498
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company (as Successor to Silicon Valley Bank)Cohesity, Inc.Termination and Release of Intellectual Property Security Agreement

Sources

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

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