Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 13, 2021 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Mar 31, 2030 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 31, 2030
Held by CommVault Systems, Inc.
Filed Sep 24, 2014 as application 14/494,674 · Granted Sep 27, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Mar 31, 2010
Mar 31, 2010
Term ends
Mar 31, 2030
Mar 31, 2030
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
Sep 27, 2016
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.
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.
This patent's term is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 24, 2014) | Mar 31, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 31, 2030 | 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 | 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 24, 2014 Reel 33803, frame 547 | Prahlad, Anand; Muller, Marcus S.; Kottomtharayil, Rajiv; Kavuri, Srinivas; Gokhale, Parag; Vijayan, Manoj | 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 |
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What's changing
Mar 2030
Term ends Mar 31, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
130
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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