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Systems and Methods for Using Metadata to Enhance Data Identification Operations

US 7,801,864 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Term ends Jul 7, 2029 · High confidence

Filed Nov 28, 2006 as application 11/564,174 · Granted Sep 21, 2010
Base term plus 952 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2029
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
Term ends
Jul 7, 2029
Granted
Sep 21, 2010
base term patent term adjustment 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
952
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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
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This patent's term runs 952 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Nov 28, 2006, when this application, 11/564,174, was filedNov 28, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+952 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJul 7, 2029High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJul 7, 2029High confidence

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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
Apr 10, 2007
Reel 19143, frame 655
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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