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Systems and Methods for Classifying and Transferring Information in a Storage Network

US 8,832,406 Lapsed on the fee record
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).

Lapsed Sep 9, 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 Dec 11, 2013 as application 14/102,780 · Granted Sep 9, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 9, 2026
2006 2026
Clock starts
Nov 28, 2006
No longer in force
Sep 9, 2026
Granted
Sep 9, 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.
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.
5
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. 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 11/564,170, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 11, 2013); 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 capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events2 of 3 maintenance fees paidlapsed Sep 9, 2026High confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderSep 9, 2026Medium confidence

This family

US 7,831,795In force
Feb 2029
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US 8,010,769In force
Nov 2026
Nov 2026
US 8,285,964Lapsed on the fee record
Oct 2024
Oct 2024
US 8,612,714Lapsed on the fee record
Dec 2025
Dec 2025
US 8,832,406this patent
Sep 2026
Sep 2026
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
Dec 11, 2013
Reel 31758, frame 113
Prahlad, Anand; Schwartz, Jeremy A.; 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

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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