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Distributed Package Management Using Meta-Scheduling

US 11,977,449 In force, term unresolved
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends no later than Nov 3, 2035 · Low confidence

In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.

Held by D2IQ, Inc.
Filed Sep 30, 2022 as application 17/957,803 · Granted May 7, 2024
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2015 2035
Clock starts
Nov 3, 2015
Ends no later than
Nov 3, 2035
Granted
May 7, 2024
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.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
0 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.
6
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 on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Low. 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 Nov 3, 2015, when application 14/931,714, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 30, 2022); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 3, 2035High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolvedno cap applied, and none guessedMedium confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderno later than Nov 3, 2035Low confidence

This family

US 9,880,825In force
Dec 2035
Dec 2035
US 10,509,637In force
Dec 2035
Dec 2035
US 11,487,622In force
no later than Nov 2036
no later than Nov 2036
US 11,977,449this patent
no later than Nov 2035
no later than Nov 2035
US 12,332,745In force
Nov 2035
Nov 2035
Application 19/239,728Pending
not computed
not computed
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
Dec 5, 2023
Reel 65771, frame 424
D2IQ, Inc.Nutanix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 8, 2023
Reel 65836, frame 558
D2IQ (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLC.Nutanix, Inc.Corrective Assignment to Correct the Name of the Assignor. Previously Recorded on Reel 065771 Frame 0424. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment.
Dec 19, 2023
Reel 65909, frame 748
D2IQ, Inc.D2IQ (Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors), LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 24, 2023
Reel 65948, frame 839
Doyle, Connor Patric; Rampelberg, Thomas; Maloney, Cody; García Sancio, José ArmandoMesosphere, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Dec 24, 2023
Reel 66123, frame 546
Mesosphere, Inc.D2IQ, Inc.Change of Name
Feb 13, 2025
Reel 70206, frame 463
Nutanix, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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