Patents
US 12762088 B2: Replicating clone files from a source file system to a destination file system
- Granted
- 2026-10-13
- Filed
- 2024-04-16 application 18636822
- Type
- Utility · 20 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Techniques are provided for replicating clone files from a source file system to a destination file system in a computing system. A file system of a first storage node may be replicated to a second storage node such as for data protection and backup purposes. The file system may include clone files that were created as clones of parent files. The clone files may have been created in a storage efficient manner where a clone file refers to data of a parent file, instead physically storing duplicate instances of the parent data of the parent file. The techniques provided herein are capable of replicating the clone files to the second node while preserve the storage efficiency of the clone files.
Source: PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 (ipgb20261013.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NetApp, Inc. 2,616 patents | US company or organization | San Jose, CA | NETAPP, INC. Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state NETAPP, INC. SEC filer EXACT medium confidence: identical full name, one of each nationally | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abhishek Naidu | San Jose, CA | 17 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Rachita Kothiyal | San Jose, CA | 13 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Atul Ramesh Pandit | Los Gatos, CA | 44 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Anil Kumar Ponnapur | Sunnyvale, CA | 15 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Tijin George | San Jose, CA | 55 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 | |
| Boopathy Krishnamoorthy | Bangalore, IN | 5 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| G06F | Electric digital data processing | G06F16/128 | PTBLXML, file of 2026-10-13 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | NAIDU, ABHISHEK signed 2026-02-26 KOTHIYAL, RACHITA signed 2026-02-26 PANDIT, ATUL RAMESH signed 2026-02-26 PONNAPUR, ANIL KUMAR signed 2026-02-26 GEORGE, TIJIN signed 2026-02-25 ., BOOPATHY KRISHNAMOORTHY signed 2026-02-26 | NETAPP, INC. SAN JOSE, CA | 73923/35 | PASDL, file of 2026-10-08 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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