Also listed on Wella GmbH, an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends May 8, 2034 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Apr 30, 2034
Held by Wella Operations US, LLC
Filed Apr 30, 2014 as application 14/265,722 · Granted Mar 22, 2016
Base term plus 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2014
2034
Clock starts
Apr 30, 2014
Apr 30, 2014
Term ends
May 8, 2034
May 8, 2034
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Mar 22, 2016
base term
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
8
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
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.
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 8 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: High. from the record
How we calculated this date
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 20 years from filing | Clock starts Apr 30, 2014, when this application, 14/265,722, was filed | Apr 30, 2034 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +8 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 8, 2034 | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 8, 2034 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,289,045 | this patent May 2034 | May 2034 |
| US 10,441,515 | In force 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 22, 2015 Reel 36854, frame 55 | Akinbobola, Victor; Finley, Alton Lloyd, III; Kopulos, Christopher Robert; Ruebusch, Nicholas Arthur | The Procter & Gamble Company | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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
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What's changing
May 2034
Term ends May 8, 2034. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 8 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
28
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2016 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
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