Term ends Aug 12, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2028
Held by Allustra Technologies LLC
Filed May 28, 2014 as application 14/289,262 · Granted Dec 19, 2017
Base term plus 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2008
2028
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2008
Mar 14, 2008
Term ends
Aug 12, 2028
Aug 12, 2028
Granted
Dec 19, 2017
Dec 19, 2017
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
213
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,622,965.
2 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. 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 runs 213 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 2 maintenance fees are paid so far. 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 May 28, 2014) | Mar 14, 2028 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +213 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 13, 2028 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 9,622,965) | capped to Aug 12, 2028 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 2 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 12, 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 | In force 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 | this patent 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 24, 2014 Reel 34027, frame 876 | Faller, Jim; Gan, David; Hines, Michelle; Mangos, Lisa | Mary Kay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| 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 |
| Nov 26, 2024 Reel 69414, frame 659 | Mary Kay Inc. | Allustra Technologies LLC | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Aug 2028
Term ends Aug 12, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 213 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 9,622,965.
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
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