Term ended Feb 3, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 3, 2026
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,210,313), so the cap could be lower.
No current holder resolved from the recorded chain.
Filed Sep 9, 2013 as application 14/021,767 · Granted Jul 25, 2017
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Term ended Feb 3, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2006
Feb 3, 2006
Term ended
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Jul 25, 2017
base term
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,210,313, to Feb 3, 2026. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
2 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.
11
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 is its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Sep 9, 2013) | Feb 3, 2026 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,210,313) | resolves to Feb 3, 2026, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | term ended | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 3, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,376,085 | In force Apr 2027 | Apr 2027 |
| US 8,210,313 | Lapsed on the fee record 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 11, 2014 Reel 34477, frame 635 | Werner Co. | Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| 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 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 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,210,313, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
18
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2017 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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