Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 16, 2025 (Ares Capital Corporation).
Term ends Dec 30, 2036 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Dec 30, 2036
Held by Werner Co.
Filed Dec 30, 2016 as application 15/395,397 · Granted Apr 7, 2020
Base term plus 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2016
2036
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2016
Dec 30, 2016
Term ends
Dec 30, 2036
Dec 30, 2036
Granted
Apr 7, 2020
Apr 7, 2020
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
252
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,590,703.
1 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.
9
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 252 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Dec 30, 2016, when this application, 15/395,397, was filed | Dec 30, 2036 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +252 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 8, 2037 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,590,703) | capped to Dec 30, 2036 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 30, 2036 | High confidence |
This family
| US 10,612,305 | this patent Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US D835,807 | In force Dec 2033 | Dec 2033 |
| US D905,869 | In force Dec 2035 | Dec 2035 |
| US D935,053 | In force Nov 2036 | Nov 2036 |
| US 10,590,703 | In force Dec 2036 | Dec 2036 |
| US 12,398,597 | In force Aug 2040 | Aug 2040 |
| US 12,392,197 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| Application 19/019,893 | Pending not computed | not computed |
8 of 9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 2017 Reel 41697, frame 462 | Mora, Daniel C.; Beggs, Robert D.; Lentine, Tek; Fields, Adam C.; Dangrow, Joseph C.; Sedlacek, Brent | Werner Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 4, 2021 Reel 57725, frame 242 | Werner Co. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2023 Reel 63958, frame 740 | Werner Co. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 12, 2023 Reel 63957, frame 438 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Werner Co. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 057725/0242 |
| Jun 27, 2023 Reel 64126, frame 396 | Werner Co. | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 27, 2023 Reel 64205, frame 636 | Werner Co. | Willa Finco II SARL (Formerly Triton V Luxco 95 SARL) | Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71636, frame 185 | Werner Co. | Ares Capital Corporation, As Collateral Agent | Security Interest |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71649, frame 699 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Werner Co. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 063958, Frame 0740 |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71649, frame 774 | Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral Agent | Werner Co. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 064126, Frame 0396 |
| Jun 16, 2025 Reel 71649, frame 887 | Willa Finco II SARL | Werner Co. | Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 064205, Frame 0636 |
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Dec 2036
Term ends Dec 30, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 252 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,590,703.
Citations
33
later US patents cite this one
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