36 patents currently held
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
6 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in May 2027. from the record
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Ending by 2030
May 2027
Next term end
21
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends Oct 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2032 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Jul 2030 · High confidence
Erasure Coding and Replication in Storage Clusters
US 8,799,746
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 770 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2014 in our data. Protection runs to 2032.
Two Level Addressing in Storage Clusters
US 9,104,560
Cited by 104 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2032.
Adaptive Power Conservation in Storage Clusters
US 9,348,408
Cited by 56 later US patents, top 10% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2030. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 1 fee due Dec 11, 2026The maintenance fee for Methods and Apparatus for Command List Processing in Performing Parallel IO Operations (US 10,318,354) comes due Dec 11, 2026. Unpaid by Jun 11, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Feb 11, 2027The maintenance fee for Two Level Addressing in Storage Clusters (US 9,104,560) comes due Feb 11, 2027. Unpaid by Aug 11, 2027, it lapses early.
- 3 fees due Mar 8 to 29, 2027 · next Mar 8
- 1 fee due Apr 8, 2027The maintenance fee for Erasure Coding and Replication in Storage Clusters (US 10,437,672) comes due Apr 8, 2027. Unpaid by Oct 8, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Jun 3, 2027The maintenance fee for Multi-Node Data Store Management (US 10,498,802) comes due Jun 3, 2027. Unpaid by Dec 3, 2027, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Sep 24, 2027The maintenance fee for Methods and Apparatus for Command List Processing in Performing Parallel IO Operations (US 10,599,477) comes due Sep 24, 2027. Unpaid by Mar 24, 2028, it lapses early.
- 1 fee due Nov 12, 2027The maintenance fee for Two Level Addressing in Storage Clusters (US 10,649,827) comes due Nov 12, 2027. Unpaid by May 12, 2028, it lapses early.
Recent changes
Nothing was recorded against this company's patents in the last 90 days.
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 21 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US 7,752,386 | Application Performance Acceleration In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,938,633 | Adaptive Power Conservation in Storage Clusters In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,348,408 | Adaptive Power Conservation in Storage Clusters In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,566,626 | Method for Processing a Request by Selecting an Appropriate Computer Node in a Plurality of Computer Nodes in a Storage Cluster Based on the Least Submitted Bid Value In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,255,430 | Shared Namespace for Storage Clusters In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,519,431 | Collaboration Between Discrete Systems and a Shared System to Consolidate Shared Storage-Related Services In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 9,946,606 | Stream architecture for data representation In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,003,636 | Multi-Node Data Store Management In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 10,498,802 | Multi-Node Data Store Management In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US 8,726,053 | 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 In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 36: 10 patents ended · 1 application abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.