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Systems and Methods for Using Metadata to Enhance Data Identification Operations

US 8,725,737 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed May 13, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence

Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.

Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.

Filed Sep 11, 2012 as application 13/610,691 · Granted May 13, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed May 13, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
No longer in force
May 13, 2026
Granted
May 13, 2014
Term would have run to
Nov 28, 2026
base term 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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,131,725, US 8,352,472, to Nov 28, 2026. 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.
9
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 Nov 28, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no 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: Medium. 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 Nov 28, 2006, when application 11/564,174, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 11, 2012); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row)Nov 28, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainA parent in the chain could not be resolveddated from this application's own claimMedium confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,131,725, US 8,352,472)resolves to Nov 28, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed May 13, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMay 13, 2026Medium confidence

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US 7,801,864In force
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US 8,131,725Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,352,472Lapsed on the fee record
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US 8,725,737this patent
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US 9,098,542In force
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US 9,606,994In force
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US 10,198,451In force
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US 11,256,665Lapsed on the fee record
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8 of 9 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 32484, frame 121
Prahlad, Anand; Schwartz, Jeremy Alan; Ngo, David; Brockway, Brian; Muller, Marcus S.CommVault 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

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