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Subject: International Business Machines Corporation: 125 updates

International Business Machines Corporation

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International Business Machines Corporation · US 10,115,275 "Multi-Layer Stack with Embedded Tamper-Detect Protection" · Grace period ended Oct 30, 2026 · no payment on record as of the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · lapse expected · detected Nov 12, 2026
US 8,868,441 "Non-Disruptively Changing a Computing Environment" · Lapsed Oct 21, 2026 on the fee record · third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse. Effective Oct 21, 2026 · unpaid in the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · detected Nov 11, 2026
US 8,867,819 "Information Technology Asset Location Using Visual Detectors" · Lapsed Oct 21, 2026 on the fee record · third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse. Effective Oct 21, 2026 · unpaid in the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · detected Nov 11, 2026
US 10,102,021 "Supporting Flexible Deployment and Migration of Virtual Servers via Unique Function Identifiers" · Lapsed Oct 16, 2026 on the fee record · second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. The USPTO has not yet posted the lapse. Effective Oct 16, 2026 · unpaid in the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · detected Nov 10, 2026
US 8,856,313 "Systems and Methods for Using Provenance Information for Data Retention in Stream-Processing" · Lapsed Oct 7, 2026 on the fee record · third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended. Effective Oct 7, 2026 · unpaid in the Nov 10, 2026 fee file · detected Nov 10, 2026
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