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Dual Lock Locking System for Containers

US 10,767,399 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded Sep 25, 2023 (Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas).

Term ends Dec 24, 2027 · High confidence

Filed Jan 22, 2015 as application 14/602,608 · Granted Sep 8, 2020
Base term plus 599 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
2006 2027
Clock starts
May 4, 2006
Term ends
Dec 24, 2027
Granted
Sep 8, 2020
base term patent term adjustment fee events Updated Nov 15, 2026 · includes USPTO assignment & status data published Nov 15, 2026 and grant & fee data published Nov 10, 2026 (weekly) · how we know
599
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
1 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it paid.
4
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term runs 599 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 1 of 1 maintenance fees is paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

How we calculated this date

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Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts May 4, 2006, when application 11/417,724, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 22, 2015)May 4, 2026High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+599 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordDec 24, 2027High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events1 of 1 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderDec 24, 2027High confidence

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US 12,071,793Term ended
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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
Jan 25, 2017
Reel 41076, frame 592
Lemley, Russ; Keating, JonMobile Mini, Inc.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Jul 1, 2020
Reel 53116, frame 723
Mobile Mini, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement (NOTES)
Jul 1, 2020
Reel 53116, frame 745
Mobile Mini, Inc.Bank of America, N.A., as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement (ABL)
Jul 2, 2020
Reel 53108, frame 938
A Royal Wolf Portable Storage, Inc.; Mobile Mini Tank and Pump Solutions, Inc.; Mobile Mini, Inc.; Mobile Storage Group, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentSecurity Interest
Aug 25, 2020
Reel 53597, frame 553
Mobile Mini, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement (NOTES)
Aug 26, 2020
Reel 53603, frame 527
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentA Royal Wolf Portable Storage, Inc.; Mobile Mini Tank and Pump Solutions, Inc.; Mobile Mini, Inc.; Mobile Storage Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentA Royal Wolf Portable Storage, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentMobile Mini Tank and Pump Solutions, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentMobile Mini, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
Aug 26, 2020
reel/frame not recorded
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentMobile Storage Group, Inc.Release of Security Interest in Intellectual Property
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 AgentIntellectual Property Security Agreement
Jun 28, 2024
Reel 67869, frame 957
Williams Scotsman, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentSecurity Interest
Mar 26, 2025
Reel 70636, frame 933
Williams Scotsman, Inc.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as AgentSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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