IP Library Granted Patent US 12,717,521
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US 12,717,521 · App. 18/821,356 · Granted Aug 25, 2026

Distributed control plane tracking object ownership changes within a distributed storage architecture

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Patent No.
US 12,717,521
App. No.
18/821,356
Granted
Aug 25, 2026
Kind
B2
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18487366 · Oct 16, 2023
Continuation 17718403 · Apr 12, 2022
Related Publication 20240419362A1 · Dec 19, 2024
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