Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Lapsed Sep 18, 2024 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 18, 2026
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by CommVault Systems, Inc.
Filed Dec 18, 2009 as application 12/642,491 · Granted Sep 18, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Sep 18, 2024
2006
2027
Clock starts
Dec 18, 2006
Dec 18, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 18, 2024
Sep 18, 2024
Granted
Sep 18, 2012
Sep 18, 2012
Term would have run to
Sep 6, 2027
Sep 6, 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
262
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, to Sep 6, 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 Sep 6, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 262 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 18, 2006, when application 11/640,831, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 18, 2009) | Dec 18, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +262 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 6, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,661,028) | resolves to Sep 6, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 18, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 18, 2024 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,661,028 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2022 | Feb 2022 |
| US 8,271,830 | this patent 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 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 5, 2011 Reel 26542, frame 611 | Erofeev, Andrei | 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 |
Sources
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Note
The 262 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,661,028, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
165
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2012 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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