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Systems, Apparatus and Methods for Management of Software Containers

US 10,191,778 In force
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Term ends Feb 4, 2030 · High confidence

Filed Nov 14, 2016 as application 15/351,342 · Granted Jan 29, 2019
Base term plus 223 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2009 2030
Clock starts
Jun 26, 2009
Term ends
Feb 4, 2030
Granted
Jan 29, 2019
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
223
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
25
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 223 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 2 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 Jun 26, 2009, when application 12/492,890, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 14, 2016)Jun 26, 2029High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+223 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordFeb 4, 2030High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 4, 2030High confidence

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US 8,914,511In force
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Jan 2032
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US 8,433,801In force
Jun 2030
Jun 2030
US 8,762,531Lapsed on the fee record
Jun 2026
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US 9,852,011In force
May 2030
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US 9,830,566Lapsed on the fee record
Nov 2025
Nov 2025
US 9,888,067Surrendered on reissue
no later than Aug 2021
no later than Aug 2021
8 of 25 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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
Nov 23, 2016
Reel 40411, frame 834
Yang, Dongyi; Sara, Endre; Xu, EnlinTurbonomic, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Aug 23, 2019
Reel 50156, frame 150
Turbonomic, Inc.Silicon Valley BankIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Aug 23, 2019
Reel 50156, frame 161
Turbonomic, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jul 5, 2022
Reel 60396, frame 411
Silicon Valley BankTurbonomic, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 21, 2022
Reel 62202, frame 30
Turbonomic, Inc.International Business Machines CorporationAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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