Also listed on La Lumiere LLC, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Sep 5, 2032 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Sep 5, 2032
Held by Kenvue Brands LLC
Filed Jun 23, 2015 as application 14/747,687 · Granted Jul 17, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2012
2032
Clock starts
Sep 5, 2012
Sep 5, 2012
Term ends
Sep 5, 2032
Sep 5, 2032
Granted
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 17, 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,022,554, to Sep 5, 2032. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
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.
36
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. 2 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 Sep 5, 2012, when application 13/604,012, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 23, 2015) | Sep 5, 2032 | 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 10,022,554) | resolves to Sep 5, 2032, no earlier than this term, so no change | 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 | Sep 5, 2032 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,771,328 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2022 | Jul 2022 |
| Application PCT/US2012/053838 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,022,554 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| Application PCT/US2014/035009 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,286,224 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
| Application PCT/US2014/069789 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 9,789,333 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2025 | Oct 2025 |
| US 10,300,298 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2023 | May 2023 |
8 of 36 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 2015 Reel 36340, frame 590 | Tapper, Jay; Althoff, Charles Peter; Craddock, Bradley Feild; Vivant, Marc-aurelien; Shuter, Daivd; Michaelson, Jeff; Ding, Lulin | La Lumiere LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 16, 2016 Reel 37743, frame 231 | La Lumiere LLC | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58888, frame 133 | Chenango Zero LLC | Chenango Two LLC | Merger |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58888, frame 210 | Chenango Two LLC; Currahee Holding Company Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 59618, frame 521 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Chenango Zero LLC | Merger |
| Jan 19, 2023 Reel 62438, frame 372 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2023 Reel 62438, frame 521 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Certificate of Conversion |
| Oct 28, 2024 Reel 69267, frame 143 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Kenvue Brands LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
Sep 2032
Term ends Sep 5, 2032. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 10,022,554, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
29
later US patents cite this one
That is top 10% of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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.