Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Nov 28, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 28, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by CommVault Systems, Inc.
Filed Mar 10, 2017 as application 15/456,318 · Granted Feb 5, 2019
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Nov 28, 2026
Nov 28, 2026
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Feb 5, 2019
base term
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 9,606,994, to Nov 28, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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.
This patent's term is 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. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 28, 2006, when application 11/564,174, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 10, 2017); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 28, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,606,994) | resolves to Nov 28, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 28, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,801,864 | In force Jul 2029 | Jul 2029 |
| US 8,131,725 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 8,352,472 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2025 | Jan 2025 |
| US 8,725,737 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 9,098,542 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 9,606,994 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 10,198,451 | this patent Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
| US 11,256,665 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 2017 Reel 41557, frame 618 | Prahlad, Anand; Schwartz, Jeremy Alan; Ngo, David; Brockway, Brian; Muller, Marcus S. | CommVault Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's 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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What's changing
Nov 2026
Term ends Nov 28, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,606,994, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.