Collateral for a security interest recorded Feb 26, 2026 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.).
Term ends Apr 2, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ended Oct 24, 2026
Held by Nice Systems Technologies Inc.
Filed Oct 24, 2006 as application 11/552,394 · Granted Dec 21, 2010
Base term plus 160 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2006
2027
Clock starts
Oct 24, 2006
Oct 24, 2006
Term ends
Apr 2, 2027
Apr 2, 2027
Granted
Dec 21, 2010
Dec 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
160
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.
3
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 160 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 Oct 24, 2006, when this application, 11/552,394, was filed | Oct 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +160 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 2, 2027 | 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 | Apr 2, 2027 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,856,431 | this patent Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 7,962,535 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 2026 |
| US 8,112,387 | Term ended Oct 2026 | Oct 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.
| Recorded | Assignor | Assignee | Conveyance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 27, 2006 Reel 18446, frame 122 | Dampier, Todd O.; Hunter, Robert Todd, III | Merced Systems, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 5, 2009 Reel 22053, frame 314 | Merced Systems, Inc. | Union Bank of California, N.A. | Security Agreement, UCC1, UCC11 |
| Nov 23, 2011 Reel 27277, frame 616 | Union Bank, N.a. | Merced Systems, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Jan 29, 2013 Reel 29709, frame 917 | Merced Systems, Inc. | Nice Systems Technologies Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Dec 6, 2016 Reel 40821, frame 818 | Nice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; AC2 Solutions, Inc.; Actimize Limited; Incontact, Inc.; Nexidia, Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Feb 25, 2026 Reel 75018, frame 663 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Nice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; AC² Solutions, Inc.; Actimize Limited; Incontact, Inc.; Nexidia, Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Nice Ltd. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Nice Systems Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | AC² Solutions, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Actimize Limited | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Incontact, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Nexidia, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 25, 2026 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Nice Systems Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents Previously Recorded at Reel/Frame (040821/0818) |
| Feb 26, 2026 Reel 74986, frame 208 | Nice Ltd.; Nice Systems Inc.; Nice Systems Technologies Inc.; Incontact, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Apr 2027
Term ends Apr 2, 2027. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 160 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
2
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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