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US 8,341,107 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).

Term ends Jun 12, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Dec 12, 2011 as application 13/323,777 · Granted Dec 25, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2007
Term ends
Jun 12, 2027
Granted
Dec 25, 2012
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,078,565, to Jun 12, 2027. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
4
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jun 12, 2007, when application 11/761,776, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 12, 2011)Jun 12, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,078,565)resolves to Jun 12, 2027, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events3 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2027High confidence

This family

US 8,078,565In force
Dec 2029
Dec 2029
US 8,341,107this patent
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
US 8,775,357In force
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
US 9,070,085In force
Jun 2027
Jun 2027
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
Jul 31, 2012
Reel 28683, frame 59
Kana Software, Inc.Silicon Valley Bank, As Administrative AgentSecurity Agreement
Nov 6, 2013
Reel 31551, frame 809
Arseneault, Robert L.; Chiganmy, Vani T.; Cohen, Robert L.; Cokely, David P.; Guadagnoli, Enzo; Heath, David M.; Moses, Stefanie L.; Rubio, Sergio A.; Torres, Hector C.Kana Software, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 3, 2014
Reel 32119, frame 617
Silicon Valley Bank (as Administrative Agent)Kana Software, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Feb 3, 2014
Reel 32153, frame 89
Kana Software, Inc.; Overtone, Inc.Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (as Collateral Agent)Security Agreement
Mar 15, 2015
Reel 35167, frame 848
Kana Software, Inc.Verint Americas Inc.Merger
Jun 30, 2017
Reel 42872, frame 615
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands BranchVerint Americas Inc., Successor-by-Merger to Kana Software, Inc. and Overtone, Inc.Release of Security Interest
Jul 21, 2017
Reel 43293, frame 567
Verint Americas Inc.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentGrant of Security Interest in Patent Rights
Nov 26, 2025
Reel 73796, frame 639
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentVerint 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 AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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