Also listed on McNeil AB, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Dec 12, 2026 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ended May 14, 2024
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Kenvue Brands LLC
Filed Mar 26, 2009 as application 11/661,535 · Granted Jul 9, 2013
Base term plus 942 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2004
2026
Clock starts
May 14, 2004
May 14, 2004
Term ends
Dec 12, 2026
Dec 12, 2026
Granted
Jul 9, 2013
Jul 9, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
942
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
23
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 942 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 May 14, 2004, when applications 10/847,951 and 10/848,257, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 26, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | May 14, 2024 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +942 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 12, 2026 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 12, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,247,642 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 8,653,322 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,618,403 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 7,845,380 | Term ended Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 7,861,494 | Term ended Jun 2025 | Jun 2025 |
| US 9,035,124 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,604,269 | Term ended May 2024 | May 2024 |
| US 8,480,833 | this patent Dec 2026 | Dec 2026 |
8 of 23 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 2009 Reel 22452, frame 890 | Binner, Curt; Carasso, Samuel C.; Chase, David J.; Marsee, Erin; Glasgow, Tara; Kimball, David L.; Iris, Julia K.; Ng, Tony C. | McNeil-PPC, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 443 | McNeil-PPC, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| 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 69268, frame 955 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Kenvue Brands LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
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
Dec 2026
Term ends Dec 12, 2026. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 942 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
21
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2013 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.