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Architecture for Implementing a Virtualization Environment and Appliance

US 9,772,866 In force
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Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Jun 12, 2034 · High confidence

Filed Jul 17, 2012 as application 13/551,291 · Granted Sep 26, 2017
Base term plus 695 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2012 2034
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2012
Term ends
Jun 12, 2034
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
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
695
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
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This patent's term runs 695 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

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jul 17, 2012, when this application, 13/551,291, was filedJul 17, 2032High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+695 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 12, 2034High 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 orderJun 12, 2034High 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
Sep 19, 2012
Reel 28990, frame 518
Aron, Mohit; Pandey, Dheeraj; Singh, Ajeet; Bhardwaj, Rishi; Chun, BrentNutanix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38440, frame 712
Nutanix, Inc.Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 28, 2016
Reel 40168, frame 586
Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as AgentNutanix, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70206, frame 463
Nutanix, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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