Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Sep 30, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2030
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CommVault Systems, Inc.
Filed Sep 14, 2012 as application 13/615,999 · Granted Sep 30, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 30, 2026
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2010
Mar 31, 2010
No longer in force
Sep 30, 2026
Sep 30, 2026
Granted
Sep 30, 2014
Sep 30, 2014
Term would have run to
Jul 12, 2030
Jul 12, 2030
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
103
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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 Jul 12, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 103 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Mar 31, 2010, when application 12/751,850, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Sep 14, 2012) | Mar 31, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +103 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 12, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 30, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,661,028 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 8,271,830 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,285,681 | In force Jan 2031 | Jan 2031 |
| US 8,656,218 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
| US 8,849,761 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,208,210 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2023 | Dec 2023 |
| US 9,454,537 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 10,248,657 | In 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 2013 Reel 30800, frame 773 | Prahlad, Anand; Muller, Marcus S.; Kottomtharayil, Rajiv; Kavuri, Srinivas; Gokhale, Parag; Vijayan, Manoj | 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 Agent | Security 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 Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2025 Reel 70864, frame 344 | CommVault Systems, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Supplemental Confirmatory Grant of Security Interest in United States Patents |
Sources
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Note
The 103 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
310
later US patents cite this one
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