Also listed on Contact Solutions LLC, 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 Dec 31, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 31, 2034
Held by Verint Americas Inc.
Filed Dec 31, 2014 as application 14/587,558 · Granted Oct 20, 2015
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Dec 31, 2014
Dec 31, 2014
Term ends
Dec 31, 2034
Dec 31, 2034
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Oct 20, 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 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 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
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 31, 2014, when this application, 14/587,558, was filed | Dec 31, 2034 | 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 | Dec 31, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,166,881 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2015/053974 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
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 10, 2015 Reel 36534, frame 757 | Gray, Joshua; Hibbard, Michael | Contact Solutions LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 8, 2016 Reel 38038, frame 32 | Contact Solutions, LLC | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as Collateral Agent | Grant of Security Interest in Patent Rights |
| Feb 7, 2017 Reel 41197, frame 595 | Contact Solutions, LLC | Verint Americas Inc. | Merger |
| Jun 30, 2017 Reel 42872, frame 513 | Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch | Verint Americas Inc., Successor-by-Merger to Contact Solutions, LLC | 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
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 31, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
7
later US patents cite this one
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