Also listed on Opinionlab, Inc., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).
Term ends Jan 3, 2029 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 30, 2027
Held by Verint Americas Inc.
Filed Aug 30, 2007 as application 11/847,676 · Granted Oct 5, 2010
Base term plus 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2029
Clock starts
Aug 30, 2007
Aug 30, 2007
Term ends
Jan 3, 2029
Jan 3, 2029
Granted
Oct 5, 2010
Oct 5, 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
492
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.
2
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 runs 492 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 30, 2007, when this application, 11/847,676, was filed | Aug 30, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +492 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 3, 2029 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 3, 2029 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,809,602 | this patent Jan 2029 | Jan 2029 |
| US 8,538,790 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 30, 2007 Reel 19768, frame 861 | Nickerson, Rand B.; Treschl, Mark A. | Opinionlab, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 9, 2015 Reel 34746, frame 621 | Opinionlab, Inc. | Opinionlab, Inc. | Change of Address |
| Dec 29, 2016 Reel 40801, frame 24 | Opinionlab, Inc. | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Apr 5, 2017 Reel 41866, frame 534 | Opinionlab, Inc. | Verint Americas Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42872, frame 520 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Verint Americas Inc., Successor-by-Merger to Opinionlab, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 21, 2017 Reel 43293, frame 567 | Verint Americas Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Nov 26, 2025 Reel 73796, frame 639 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Verint Americas Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (043293/0567) |
| Dec 23, 2025 Reel 74034, frame 292 | Verint Americas Inc. | Alter Domus (US) LLC, as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2029
Term ends Jan 3, 2029. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 492 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
65
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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