Collateral for a security interest recorded Dec 23, 2025 (Alter Domus (US) LLC).
Term ends Nov 24, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 24, 2028
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,774,373), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Verint Americas Inc.
Filed Jun 9, 2014 as application 14/299,014 · Granted Jul 5, 2016
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Nov 24, 2008
Nov 24, 2008
Term ends
Nov 24, 2028
Nov 24, 2028
Granted
Jul 5, 2016
Jul 5, 2016
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 8,515,028, US 8,605,868, US 8,774,373, to Nov 24, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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 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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 9, 2014) | Nov 24, 2028 | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,515,028, US 8,605,868, US 8,774,373) | resolves to Nov 24, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Nov 24, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,270,817 | In force Mar 2030 | Mar 2030 |
| US 9,288,316 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2014 Reel 33282, frame 990 | Berger, Shai; Bigue, Jason P.; 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
Nov 2028
Term ends Nov 24, 2028. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,515,028, US 8,605,868, US 8,774,373, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median 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.