Lapsed Jul 3, 2024 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 3, 2026
Why Medium: A terminal disclaimer is on file (filed) with no resolved reference, so the term may end earlier.
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Werner Co.
Filed May 3, 2006 as application 11/416,961 · Granted Jul 3, 2012
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jul 3, 2024
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2006
Feb 3, 2006
No longer in force
Jul 3, 2024
Jul 3, 2024
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Jul 3, 2012
Term would have run to
Jul 19, 2026
Jul 19, 2026
base term
patent term adjustment
after the term ends
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
166
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
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.
11
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Jul 19, 2026: its 20-year base term plus 166 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 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 Feb 3, 2006, when application 11/347,613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 3, 2006) | Feb 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +166 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 19, 2026 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (filed), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jul 3, 2024 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 3, 2024 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,376,085 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,210,313 | this patent Jul 2024 | Jul 2024 |
| US 8,365,863 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2017 | Feb 2017 |
| US 8,272,478 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| US 8,528,696 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2025 | Sep 2025 |
| US 10,781,636 | Term ended no later than Feb 2026 | no later than Feb 2026 |
| Application 13/764,388 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,714,541 | Term ended Feb 2026 | Feb 2026 |
8 of 11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2006 Reel 17950, frame 221 | Astor, Kyle G. | Werner Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 29, 2011 Reel 26200, frame 981 | Werner Co. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Agreement |
| Jul 24, 2017 Reel 43318, frame 824 | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Werner Co. | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral |
| Jul 24, 2017 Reel 43318, frame 877 | Werner Co. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property Collateral |
| Jul 25, 2017 Reel 43327, frame 956 | Knaack LLC; Werner Co.; Werner Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent in Respect of the ABL Credit Agreement | Patent Security Agreement (ABL) |
| Jul 25, 2017 Reel 43328, frame 1 | Knaack LLC; Werner Co.; Werner Technologies, Inc. | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent in Respect of the Term Loan Credit Agreement | Patent Security Agreement (TERM Loan) |
| 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 231 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Knaack LLC; Werner Co.; Werner Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043328/0001 |
| Jun 12, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Knaack LLC | Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043328/0001 |
| Jun 12, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Werner Co. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043328/0001 |
| Jun 12, 2023 reel/frame not recorded | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent | Werner Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest in Patents at R/F 043328/0001 |
| 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 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 166 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (filed) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 3, 2024. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
55
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 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
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