Acronis Assigned Patent

Acronis International GmbH, Switzerland, has been assigned a patent (9,946,608) developed by Per, Yuri, Moscow Region, Russia, Beloussov, Serguei M., Costa Del Sol, Singapore, Protasov, Stanislav, Lyadvinsky, Maxim V., Moscow, Russia, Tyuryumov, Alexey, Omsk, Russia, and Morlang, Alexey, Moscow Region, Russia, for a “consistent backup of blocks through block tracking.“

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: “A method for creating an inconsistent backup and then a consistent backup is described. The method may include creating an inconsistent, full backup of a storage device. The method may further include creating a first snapshot of the storage device. The method may also include creating a consistent backup increment of the storage device based on the first snapshot. Additionally, the method may include adding the consistent backup increment to the inconsistent, full backup.”

The patent application was filed on September 29, 2015 (14/869,338).