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Memory Configuration for a Data Replication System Including Identification of a Subsequent Log Entry by a Destination Computer

US 8,656,218 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Feb 18, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 12, 2012 as application 13/612,003 · Granted Feb 18, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 112 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Feb 18, 2026
2006 2027
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 18, 2026
Granted
Feb 18, 2014
Term would have run to
Apr 9, 2027
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends fee events Updated Nov 14, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 14, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
112
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,661,028, US 8,271,830, to Apr 9, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 of 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Its term would have run to Apr 9, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 112 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

One row per rule, each showing its own input and what it did to the date. A step we could not verify says so instead of resolving itself.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Dec 18, 2006, when application 11/640,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 12, 2012)Dec 18, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+112 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordApr 9, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,661,028, US 8,271,830)resolves to Apr 9, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Feb 18, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderFeb 18, 2026High confidence

This family

US 7,661,028Lapsed on the fee record
Feb 2022
Feb 2022
US 8,271,830Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2024
Sep 2024
US 8,285,681In force
Jan 2031
Jan 2031
US 8,656,218this patent
Feb 2026
Feb 2026
US 8,849,761Lapsed on the fee record
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
US 9,208,210Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2023
Dec 2023
US 9,454,537In force
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
US 10,248,657In force
Mar 2030
Mar 2030
8 of 11 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.

Assignments

Assignment documents as recorded at the USPTO, oldest first, with the reel and frame each was recorded at. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership, and the absence of a later one is not evidence that the last one still stands.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Mar 20, 2014
Reel 32483, frame 712
Erofeev, AndreiCommVault Systems, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 2, 2014
Reel 33266, frame 678
CommVault Systems, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Jan 6, 2021
Reel 54913, frame 905
Bank Of America, N.a.CommVault Systems, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Dec 13, 2021
Reel 58496, frame 836
CommVault Systems, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSecurity Interest
Apr 16, 2025
Reel 70864, frame 344
CommVault Systems, Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative AgentSupplemental Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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