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Tracing and Asynchronous Communication Network and Routing Method

US 9,641,684 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods

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 Mar 12, 2033 · High confidence

Filed Dec 22, 2016 as application 15/388,471 · Granted May 2, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2013 2033
Clock starts
Mar 12, 2013
Term ends
Mar 12, 2033
Granted
May 2, 2017
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.
8
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

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 Mar 12, 2013, when application 13/795,868, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 22, 2016)Mar 12, 2033High 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 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderMar 12, 2033High confidence

This family

Application 13/795,868Abandoned
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Application PCT/US2013/037779PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,172,690In force
Mar 2033
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US 8,880,631In force
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
US 9,635,067In force
Mar 2033
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US 10,015,263In force
Mar 2033
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Application PCT/US2016/045837PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 9,641,684this patent
Mar 2033
Mar 2033
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
Jan 4, 2017
Reel 40840, frame 236
Hibbard, Michael; Dellostritto, James J.Contact Solutions, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
Mar 23, 2017
Reel 41697, frame 455
Contact Solutions, LLCVerint 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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