Collateral for a security interest recorded Jan 11, 2018 (U.S. Bank National Association).
Term ends Dec 4, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Aug 8, 2034
Held by Shell Case Limited
Filed Jan 17, 2017 as application 15/326,847 · Granted Feb 9, 2021
Base term plus 118 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Aug 8, 2014
Aug 8, 2014
Term ends
Dec 4, 2034
Dec 4, 2034
Granted
Feb 9, 2021
Feb 9, 2021
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
118
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,083,265, to Dec 4, 2034. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
1 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.
8
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 118 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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.
| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Aug 8, 2014, when application PCT/US2014/050306, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 17, 2017) | Aug 8, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +118 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 4, 2034 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 11,083,265) | resolves to Dec 4, 2034, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 4, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| Application PCT/US2014/050288 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| Application PCT/US2014/050306 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,398,203 | In force no later than Aug 2034 | no later than Aug 2034 |
| US 11,083,265 | In force Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,912,360 | this patent Dec 2034 | Dec 2034 |
| US 10,398,207 | In force no later than Aug 2034 | no later than Aug 2034 |
| US 10,786,055 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
| US 11,490,700 | In force Aug 2034 | Aug 2034 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2017 Reel 42333, frame 941 | Schroeder, Timothy Paul | Ferno-Washington, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 11, 2017 Reel 42333, frame 956 | Spector, Yuval; Bar-erez, Eyal | Shell Case Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 11, 2018 Reel 45058, frame 180 | Ferno-Washington, Inc. | U.S. Bank National Association | Mortgage |
| May 5, 2025 Reel 71168, frame 422 | Ferno-Washington, Inc., Subsidiary of Ferno Group, Inc. | Ferno Finance I, LLC | Security Interest |
| Jan 6, 2026 Reel 74229, frame 457 | Ferno Group, Inc.; Ferno-Washington, Inc.; Ferno Canada Inc.; Traverse Rescue, LLC | The Huntington National Bank | Security Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Dec 2034
Term ends Dec 4, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 118 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 11,083,265, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
9
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2021 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.