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Encryption Key Management for International Data Residency

US 11,757,852 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

Also listed on Slack Technologies, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.

Term ends Jun 6, 2039 · High confidence

Filed Nov 4, 2022 as application 17/981,169 · Granted Sep 12, 2023
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2019 2039
Clock starts
Jun 6, 2019
Term ends
Jun 6, 2039
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
base term 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.
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Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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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.
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This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 6, 2019, when application 16/434,097, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 4, 2022)Jun 6, 2039High 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 events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 6, 2039High 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
Nov 21, 2022
Reel 61972, frame 769
Salesforce.com, Inc.Salesforce, Inc.Change of Name
Nov 21, 2022
Reel 61838, frame 141
Slack Technologies, Inc.Salesforce.com, Inc.Merger
May 18, 2023
Reel 63684, frame 315
Drummond, Audrei; Scheinblum, James; Ghirmai, Eden; Crowley, Richard; Gorham, Lydia; Mehta, Pooja; Hamrick, Stephen; Largman, Raissa; Nguyen, Karen; Bhattacharjee, RatnadeepSlack Technologies, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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

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