Also listed on Fire & Pump Service Group, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Jul 17, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 29, 2033
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Acme Group, LLC
Filed Feb 24, 2021 as application 17/184,557 · Granted Sep 23, 2025
Base term plus 1175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2013
2036
Clock starts
Apr 29, 2013
Apr 29, 2013
Term ends
Jul 17, 2036
Jul 17, 2036
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Sep 23, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
1,175
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
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.
10
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 1175 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Apr 29, 2013, when application 13/873,143, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 24, 2021); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Apr 29, 2033 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +1175 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jul 17, 2036 | 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 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jul 17, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,393,451 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 10,709,916 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| Application 62/981,911 | Provisional application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 11,883,700 | In force no later than Mar 2034 | no later than Mar 2034 |
| US 12,420,126 | this patent Jul 2036 | Jul 2036 |
| US 12,491,393 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 12,722,031 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
| US 12,728,307 | In force Apr 2033 | Apr 2033 |
8 of 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2021 Reel 55979, frame 674 | Broidy, Frank, MR.; Troc, Brandon, MR. | Fire Pump and Service Group | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 68782, frame 954 | Fire & Pump Service Group | Acme Group, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 5, 2025 Reel 73451, frame 579 | Broidy, Frank, MR.; Troc, Brandon, MR. | Fire & Pump Service Group | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Assignee Name Previously Recorded on Reel 55979 Frame 674. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
Sources
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What's changing
Jul 2036
Term ends Jul 17, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 1175 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
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