Lapsed Feb 5, 2017 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ended Feb 3, 2026
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Werner Co.
Filed May 24, 2006 as application 11/441,411 · Granted Feb 5, 2013
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Feb 5, 2017
2006
2026
Clock starts
Feb 3, 2006
Feb 3, 2006
No longer in force
Feb 5, 2017
Feb 5, 2017
Granted
Feb 5, 2013
Feb 5, 2013
Term would have run to
Feb 3, 2026
Feb 3, 2026
base term
after the term ends
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.
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.
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 Feb 3, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Feb 3, 2006, when application 11/347,613, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 24, 2006) | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 0 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Feb 5, 2017 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Feb 5, 2017 | High 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2006 Reel 17859, frame 280 | 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 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 |
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Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
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