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US 9,070,085 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 Jun 22, 2014 as application 14/311,312 · Granted Jun 30, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2007 2027
Clock starts
Jun 12, 2007
Term ends
Jun 12, 2027
Granted
Jun 30, 2015
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 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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. 2 of 2 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.
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 Jun 22, 2014)Jun 12, 2027High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh 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 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 12, 2027High confidence

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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
Feb 10, 2015
Reel 34933, frame 110
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
May 26, 2015
Reel 35715, frame 543
Kana Software, Inc.Verint Americas Inc.Merger
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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