Also listed on Cloudjumper Corporation, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 26, 2035 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 26, 2035
Filed Jan 26, 2017 as application 15/416,024 · Granted May 22, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2015
2035
Clock starts
May 26, 2015
May 26, 2015
Term ends
May 26, 2035
May 26, 2035
Granted
May 22, 2018
May 22, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,262,200, US 9,612,861, to May 26, 2035. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts May 26, 2015, when application 14/721,154, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 26, 2017) | May 26, 2035 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,262,200, US 9,612,861) | resolves to May 26, 2035, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 26, 2035 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,262,200 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,612,861 | In force May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 9,977,692 | this patent May 2035 | May 2035 |
| US 10,509,668 | In force Jul 2035 | Jul 2035 |
| US 11,157,305 | In force Jun 2035 | Jun 2035 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2017 Reel 41092, frame 495 | Buck, Charles; Shivok, Jason A. | Independenceit, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 20, 2018 Reel 45294, frame 870 | Independenceit, Inc. | CJ Acquisition Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 21, 2018 Reel 45301, frame 285 | CJ Acquisition Corporation | Cloudjumper Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 22, 2020 Reel 53121, frame 586 | Cloud Jumper Corporation | Cloud Jumper LLC | Change of Name |
| Jun 24, 2020 Reel 53028, frame 13 | Cloud Jumper LLC | NetApp, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 15, 2024 Reel 66122, frame 352 | NetApp, Inc. | Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p. | Nunc Pro Tunc Assignment |
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What's changing
May 2035
Term ends May 26, 2035. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,262,200, US 9,612,861, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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