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Method and System for Managing De-Duplication of Data in a Virtualization Environment

US 9,389,887 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 13, 2025 (Bank of America, N.A.).

Term ends Aug 10, 2031 · High confidence

Filed Jan 18, 2013 as application 13/744,649 · Granted Jul 12, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2011 2031
Clock starts
Aug 10, 2011
Term ends
Aug 10, 2031
Granted
Jul 12, 2016
base term fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
15
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Aug 10, 2011, when application 13/207,345, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 18, 2013)Aug 10, 2031High 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 events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderAug 10, 2031High confidence

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8 of 15 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
Feb 25, 2013
Reel 29870, frame 915
Aron, Mohit; Pandey, Dheeraj; Singh, AjeetNutanix, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Apr 15, 2016
Reel 38440, frame 712
Nutanix, Inc.Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as AgentSecurity Interest
Sep 28, 2016
Reel 40168, frame 586
Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as AgentNutanix, Inc.Release of Security Interest
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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