Term ends Jan 13, 2037 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jan 13, 2037
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 11,525,645), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Zev Technologies, LLC
Filed Jan 16, 2025 as application 19/025,797 · Granted Sep 22, 2026
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
Sep 22, 2026
Sep 22, 2026
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,119,777, US 10,955,209, US 11,525,645, US 12,287,164, to Jan 13, 2037. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. 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 Jan 13, 2017, when application 15/406,111, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 16, 2025) | 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 | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 10,119,777, US 10,955,209, US 11,525,645, US 12,287,164) | resolves to Jan 13, 2037, no earlier than this term, so no change | Medium 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 | Jan 13, 2037 | Medium confidence |
This family
| Application 15/406,111 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 10,119,777 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Jul 15, 2026 Reel 75273, frame 866 | Wolf, Alec Daniel; Velasquez, Gene Anthony | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 15, 2026 Reel 75274, frame 38 | Zev Technologies, Inc. | Zev Technologies, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jan 2037
Term ends Jan 13, 2037. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,119,777, US 10,955,209, US 11,525,645, US 12,287,164, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
We have no citation count for this patent yet. That is not the same as never having been cited.
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.