Term ends no later than Jan 24, 2036 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2034
In force on USPTO's status record and by its fee record. A terminal disclaimer on file may shorten this term, possibly to a date already past; its reference document is unresolved, so the date above is an upper bound and no earlier date is guessed.
Held by Wella Operations US, LLC
Filed Feb 12, 2016 as application 15/042,288 · Granted Oct 15, 2019
Base term plus 634 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2036
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014
Ends no later than
Jan 24, 2036
Jan 24, 2036
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Oct 15, 2019
base term
patent term adjustment
fee events
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
634
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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.
2
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 634 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. 1 of 3 maintenance fees is 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 30, 2014, when application 14/265,722, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Feb 12, 2016) | Apr 30, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +634 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Jan 24, 2036 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jan 24, 2036 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 9,289,045 | In force May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,441,515 | this patent no later than Jan 2036 | no later than Jan 2036 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2016 Reel 40224, frame 630 | Noxell Corporation | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | IP Security Agreement |
| Oct 20, 2016 Reel 40436, frame 438 | Galleria Co. | Noxell Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 20, 2016 Reel 40437, frame 133 | Procter and Gamble Company | Galleria Co. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 15, 2016 Reel 40941, frame 637 | The Procter and Gamble Company | Galleria Co. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the the Name of Assignor Previously Recorded on Reel 040437 Frame 0133. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignment. |
| Jun 29, 2017 Reel 43340, frame 685 | Noxell Corporation | JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A. | Security Interest |
| Apr 16, 2018 Reel 45950, frame 161 | Jpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a. | Noxell Corporation | Release of Security Interest |
| May 24, 2021 Reel 56339, frame 928 | Noxell Corporation | Wella Operations US, LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Jan 2036
Term ends no later than Jan 24, 2036. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 634 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jan 24, 2036. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2019 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
This computed term ends no later than the date shown; an unresolved terminal disclaimer may end it earlier. 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.