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Carotenoid Composition and Method for Protecting Skin

US 10,420,715 Term ended
OverviewSources & methods

Term ended Jun 4, 2023 · High confidence

USPTO later recorded it as expired for non-payment on Oct 30, 2023.

Held by Lycored Ltd.
Filed Mar 18, 2009 as application 12/406,762 · Granted Sep 24, 2019
Base term plus 211 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
20 years from filing
Term ended Jun 4, 2023
2002 2026
Clock starts
Nov 5, 2002
Term ended
Jun 4, 2023
Granted
Sep 24, 2019
base term patent term adjustment after the term ends 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
211
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
None due
Maintenance fees
This term ends before the first maintenance fee's grace period does, 4 years from grant, so no fee can end it early.

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Step Input Date after this step Confidence
Base term, 20 years from filingClock starts Nov 5, 2002, when the earliest non-provisional application in its chain was filed (this one was filed Mar 18, 2009)Nov 5, 2022High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustment+211 days, USPTO patent term adjustment recordJun 4, 2023High confidence
Terminal disclaimer capNone on recordno cap appliedHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Fee eventsNo maintenance fee can end the term earlyterm endedHigh confidence
USPTO status recordRecorded as expired for non-payment on Oct 30, 2023, after the term endedno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderJun 4, 2023High confidence

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