Granted Patent
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US 12,717,755 · App. 18/969,190 · Granted Aug 25, 2026
Dynamically enabling/disabling change tracking on running replication for a multi-client file system
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
Recorded Dec 13, 2024
From: KASHI VISVANATHAN, SATISH KUMAR; VENUGOPAL, VIGGNESH; FRASCA, MICHAEL ROBERT
To: ORACLE INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
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Provisional Application
63679005
· Aug 2, 2024
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