Collateral for a security interest recorded May 5, 2025 (Ferno Finance I, LLC).
Term ends Aug 8, 2034 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2034
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 10,398,203, US 10,398,207), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Ferno-Washington, Inc.
Filed Aug 25, 2020 as application 17/002,280 · Granted Nov 8, 2022
Base term plus 227 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014
Term ends
Aug 8, 2034
Aug 8, 2034
Granted
Nov 8, 2022
Nov 8, 2022
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
227
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 10,398,203, US 10,398,207, US 10,786,055, US 10,912,360, US 11,490,700.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 runs 227 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 1 of 2 maintenance fees is 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 Aug 8, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/050288, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 25, 2020) | Aug 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +227 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 23, 2035 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,398,203, US 10,398,207, US 10,786,055, US 10,912,360, US 11,490,700) | capped to Aug 8, 2034 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 8, 2034 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/050288 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/050306 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,398,203 | In force no later than Aug 2034 | no later than Aug 2034 |
| US 11,083,265 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,912,360 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,398,207 | In force no later than Aug 2034 | no later than Aug 2034 |
| US 10,786,055 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,490,700 | this patent Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 2020 Reel 53603, frame 723 | Schroeder, Timothy Paul; West, James C., III | Ferno-Washington, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 5, 2025 Reel 71168, frame 422 | Ferno-Washington, Inc., Subsidiary of Ferno Group, Inc. | Ferno Finance I, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2026 Reel 74229, frame 457 | Ferno Group, Inc.; Ferno-Washington, Inc.; Ferno Canada Inc.; Traverse Rescue, LLC | The Huntington National Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Aug 2034
Term ends Aug 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 227 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 10,398,203, US 10,398,207, US 10,786,055, US 10,912,360, US 11,490,700.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2022 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.