Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2026 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).
Term ends Jan 13, 2037 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 13, 2037
Held by Zev Technologies, LLC
Filed Feb 16, 2017 as application 15/434,933 · Granted Nov 6, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2017
2037
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2017
Jan 13, 2017
Term ends
Jan 13, 2037
Jan 13, 2037
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Nov 6, 2018
base term
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
7
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. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Jan 13, 2017, when application 15/406,111, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 16, 2017) | Jan 13, 2037 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 13, 2037 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 15/406,111 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,119,777 | this patent Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| Application PCT/US2018/018093 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,955,209 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 11,525,645 | In force no later than Jan 2037 | no later than Jan 2037 |
| US 12,287,164 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
| US 12,742,605 | In force Jan 2037 | Jan 2037 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2017 Reel 41289, frame 346 | Wolf, Alec, MR | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 27, 2018 Reel 46034, frame 769 | Velasquez, Gene Anthony | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Aug 30, 2018 Reel 46759, frame 454 | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Hi Zev, LLC | Security Interest |
| Aug 9, 2024 Reel 68237, frame 470 | Hi Zev, LLC | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Release of Security Interest |
| Aug 13, 2024 Reel 68471, frame 588 | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Zev Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2026 Reel 75562, frame 524 | Silencerco Weapons Research, LLC; Unity Tactical LLC; Zev Technologies, LLC; Syndicate Optics Research, LLC; Sicosyndicate, LLC | Fifth Third Bank, National Association | Security Interest |
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 13, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Citations
50
later US patents cite this one
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