Term ends Jun 15, 2044 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 14, 2042
Held by Task Force Tips, LLC
Filed Apr 14, 2022 as application 17/721,194 · Granted Sep 9, 2025
Base term plus 793 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2022
2044
Clock starts
Apr 14, 2022
Apr 14, 2022
Term ends
Jun 15, 2044
Jun 15, 2044
Granted
Sep 9, 2025
Sep 9, 2025
base term
patent term adjustment
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
793
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 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.
This patent's term runs 793 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 Apr 14, 2022, when this application, 17/721,194, was filed | Apr 14, 2042 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +793 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jun 15, 2044 | 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 | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 15, 2044 | High confidence |
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 25, 2022 Reel 59697, frame 458 | Steingass, Robert W.; Yovanovich, Alexander C.; Kolacz, David J.; Roark, Erin L.; Kekeis, Kent A. | Task Force Tips, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 5, 2022 Reel 61321, frame 324 | Task Force Tips LLC | Cibc Bank USA | Security Interest |
| Jul 22, 2023 Reel 64347, frame 443 | Cibc Bank USA | Task Force Tips LLC | Release of Security Interest |
| Jul 24, 2023 Reel 64356, frame 83 | Task Force Tips LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Security Interest |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69107, frame 331 | E.J. Brooks Company; Hydra-Stop LLC; Task Force Tips LLC; Reelcraft Industries, Inc.; Innovative Rescue Systems LLC | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent | Patent Security Agreement |
| Oct 3, 2024 Reel 69107, frame 381 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent | Task Force Tips LLC | Notice of Release of Security Interest in Patents Recorded on July 24, 2023, at Reel/Frame 064356/0083 |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jun 2044
Term ends Jun 15, 2044. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 793 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
How we rank
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.