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Architecture for Data Center Infrastructure Monitoring

US 9,948,521 In force
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Term ends Jan 11, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Jan 11, 2017 as application 15/404,015 · Granted Apr 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 11, 2017
Term ends
Jan 11, 2037
Granted
Apr 17, 2018
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
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.
9
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 11, 2017, when this application, 15/404,015, was filedJan 11, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh 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 orderJan 11, 2037High 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
Jan 24, 2017
Reel 41057, frame 226
Doraiswamy, Vijaay; Lillie, Brian J.; Kumar, Parveen; Purohit, Purvish; Gundugola, Prabhakar; Jeyapaul, Jaganathan; Sathyavathi, Sriharsha Mukundappa; Raparti, SwayambhuEquinix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 5, 2017
Reel 44300, frame 915
Rangasamy, VenkatachalamEquinix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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