Term ended Mar 15, 2025 · High confidence
Held by L’oréal USA S/D, Inc.
Filed Apr 24, 2009 as application 29/335,945 · Granted Mar 15, 2011
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
Term ended Mar 15, 2025
2011
2026
Clock starts
Mar 15, 2011
Mar 15, 2011
Term ended
Mar 15, 2025
Mar 15, 2025
base term
after the term ends
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
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Term adjustment
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Terminal disclaimer
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14 years from grant
Base term
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16
Family applications on record here
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This patent's term is its base term, 14 years from grant, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 14 years from grant | Granted Mar 15, 2011 | Mar 15, 2025 | 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 | None on record | no cap applied | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 15, 2025 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/531,488 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 7,786,626 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,641,702 | In force Nov 2030 | Nov 2030 |
| Application 12/048,139 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US D634,268 | this patent Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US D634,707 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US D663,893 | Term ended no later than Jul 2026 | no later than Jul 2026 |
| US 9,763,508 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2021 | Sep 2021 |
8 of 16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 2009 Reel 22666, frame 456 | Reishus, Richard A; Pilcher, Kenneth A | Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 30, 2024 Reel 66692, frame 590 | Pacific Bioscience Laboratories, Inc. | L'Oreal USA, Inc. | Merger |
| Mar 14, 2024 Reel 66775, frame 785 | L'Oreal USA, Inc. | Holding Company I, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Mar 27, 2024 Reel 66921, frame 124 | Holding Company I, Inc. | L’oréal USA S/D, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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