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Modular Handgun

US 12,287,164 In force
OverviewFamilyAssignmentsSources & methods
Collateral for a security interest recorded May 12, 2026 (Fifth Third Bank, National Association).

Term ends Jan 13, 2037 · High confidence

Filed Dec 8, 2022 as application 18/063,215 · Granted Apr 29, 2025
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
20 years from filing
2017 2037
Clock starts
Jan 13, 2017
Term ends
Jan 13, 2037
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
base term 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 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.
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. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record

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StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Jan 13, 2017, when application 15/406,111, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Dec 8, 2022)Jan 13, 2037High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee events0 of 2 maintenance fees paidIn forceHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJan 13, 2037High confidence

This family

Application 15/406,111Abandoned
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US 10,119,777In force
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
Application PCT/US2018/018093PCT application
no patent term
no patent term
US 10,955,209In force
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
US 11,525,645In force
no later than Jan 2037
no later than Jan 2037
US 12,287,164this patent
Jan 2037
Jan 2037
US 12,742,605In 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Aug 13, 2024
Reel 68471, frame 588
Zev Technologies, Inc.Zev Technologies, LLCAssignment of Assignor's Interest
May 4, 2026
Reel 74556, frame 456
Wolf, AlecZev Technologies, Inc.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, LLCFifth Third Bank, National AssociationSecurity Interest

Sources

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

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