Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2023 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).
Term ended May 4, 2026 · High confidence
20-year base term ended May 4, 2026
Held by Williams Scotsman, Inc.
Filed Aug 21, 2020 as application 16/999,896 · Granted Aug 27, 2024
Base term plus 888 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Term ended May 4, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
May 4, 2006
May 4, 2006
Term ended
May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Aug 27, 2024
base term
after the term ends
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
888
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 8,960,731.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.
4
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 888 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 4, 2006, when application 11/417,724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Aug 21, 2020) | May 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +888 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 8, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,960,731) | capped to May 4, 2026 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | No maintenance fee can end the term early | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 4, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,997,630 | Term ended Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,960,731 | Term ended May 2026 | May 2026 |
| US 10,767,399 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
| US 12,071,793 | this patent May 2026 | May 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2020 Reel 54752, frame 292 | Lemley, Russ; Keating, Jon | Mobile Mini, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 30, 2022 Reel 60556, frame 89 | Mobile Mini, Inc. | Bank of America, N.A., as Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jul 6, 2022 Reel 60408, frame 960 | Mobile Mini, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Jan 26, 2023 Reel 62502, frame 264 | Mobile Mini, Inc. | Williams Scotsman, Inc. | Merger |
| Sep 25, 2023 Reel 65020, frame 51 | Williams Scotsman, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Agent | Intellectual Property Security Agreement |
| Jun 28, 2024 Reel 67869, frame 957 | Williams Scotsman, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Agent | Security Interest |
| Mar 26, 2025 Reel 70636, frame 933 | Williams Scotsman, Inc. | Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Agent | Security Interest |
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Note
The 888 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 8,960,731.
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