Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).
Term ends Aug 18, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 24, 2028
Held by Verint Americas Inc.
Filed Mar 3, 2009 as application 12/396,603 · Granted Mar 15, 2016
Base term plus 997 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2008
2031
Clock starts
Nov 24, 2008
Nov 24, 2008
Term ends
Aug 18, 2031
Aug 18, 2031
Granted
Mar 15, 2016
Mar 15, 2016
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
997
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
13
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 997 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Nov 24, 2008, when application 12/276,621, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Mar 3, 2009) | Nov 24, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +997 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Aug 18, 2031 | 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 | Aug 18, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,270,817 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 9,288,316 | this patent Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| US 8,908,847 | In force Jun 2029 | Jun 2029 |
| US 8,515,028 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,774,373 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
| US 8,605,868 | Lapsed on the fee record Dec 2025 | Dec 2025 |
| US 9,386,151 | In force Nov 2028 | Nov 2028 |
| US 9,014,351 | In force no later than Nov 2028 | no later than Nov 2028 |
8 of 13 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 2009 Reel 22606, frame 506 | Berger, Shai; Bigue, Jason P. | Foncloud, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 18, 2011 Reel 25654, frame 433 | Berger, Shai; Bigue, Jason P. | Foncloud, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 4, 2015 Reel 36958, frame 61 | Pultz, Michael | Foncloud, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 30, 2024 Reel 68222, frame 417 | Foncloud, Inc.; Verint Systems Canada, Inc. | Verint Systems Canada, Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jul 30, 2024 Reel 68129, frame 154 | Verint Systems Canada, Inc. | Verint Americas Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
Aug 2031
Term ends Aug 18, 2031. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 997 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
31
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.