Term ends Mar 14, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2028
Held by Mary Kay Inc.
Filed Oct 19, 2010 as application 12/907,362 · Granted Dec 27, 2011
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2008
Mar 14, 2008
Term ends
Mar 14, 2028
Mar 14, 2028
Granted
Dec 27, 2011
Dec 27, 2011
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 7,744,932, to Mar 14, 2028. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
3 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.
15
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. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Mar 14, 2008, when application 12/048,953, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 19, 2010) | Mar 14, 2028 | 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 7,744,932) | resolves to Mar 14, 2028, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 14, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,744,932 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,084,066 | In force May 2028 | May 2028 |
| US 8,084,063 | this patent Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,758,839 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
| US 8,445,036 | Lapsed on the fee record May 2025 | May 2025 |
| US 9,844,503 | In force Aug 2028 | Aug 2028 |
| US 9,101,555 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| Application 14/683,791 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 2020 Reel 54112, frame 400 | Mary Kay Inc. | Allustra Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Oct 27, 2020 Reel 54186, frame 468 | Allustra Technologies LLC | Belaj Innovations LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 19, 2022 Reel 62144, frame 439 | Belaj Innovations, LLC | Mary Kay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Mar 2028
Term ends Mar 14, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 7,744,932, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
10
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2011 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.