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US 12,392,197 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Jun 16, 2025 (Ares Capital Corporation).

Term ends Dec 24, 2038 · High confidence

Held by Werner Co.
Filed Apr 3, 2020 as application 16/839,994 · Granted Aug 19, 2025
Base term plus 724 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2016 2038
Clock starts
Dec 30, 2016
Term ends
Dec 24, 2038
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
base term patent term adjustment 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
724
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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 724 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 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 Dec 30, 2016, when application 15/395,397, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Apr 3, 2020)Dec 30, 2036High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+724 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 24, 2038High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 3 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 24, 2038High confidence

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US 10,612,305In force
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Dec 2033
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US D905,869In force
Dec 2035
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US D935,053In force
Nov 2036
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US 10,590,703In force
Dec 2036
Dec 2036
US 12,398,597In force
Aug 2040
Aug 2040
US 12,392,197this patent
Dec 2038
Dec 2038
Application 19/019,893Pending
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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Oct 4, 2021
Reel 57725, frame 242
Werner Co.JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 23, 2023
Reel 63071, frame 633
Mora, Daniel C.; Beggs, Robert; Lentine, Tek; Dangrow, Joseph; Fields, Adam C.; Sedlacek, BrentWerner Co.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63958, frame 740
Werner Co.Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 12, 2023
Reel 63957, frame 438
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral AgentWerner 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 AgentSecurity 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 AgentSecurity Interest
Jun 16, 2025
Reel 71649, frame 699
Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Notes Collateral AgentWerner 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 AgentWerner 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 SARLWerner Co.Termination and Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded at Reel 064205, Frame 0636

Sources

Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO

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