Term ended no later than Jul 17, 2026 · Medium confidence
Held by L’oréal USA S/D, Inc.
Filed May 28, 2009 as application 29/337,718 · Granted Jul 17, 2012
Base term, 14 years from grant
Today
Ended no later than Jul 17, 2026
2012
2026
Clock starts
Jul 17, 2012
Jul 17, 2012
Ended no later than
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
14 years from grant
Base term
No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent.
16
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 base term, 14 years from grant, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. 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, 14 years from grant | Granted Jul 17, 2012 | Jul 17, 2026 | 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 on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | no later than Jul 17, 2026 | Medium 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 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US D634,707 | Term ended Mar 2025 | Mar 2025 |
| US D663,893 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2009 Reel 22918, frame 606 | Hosler, Travis; Kornfeld, Joshua; Porter, Austin; Randall, Jared; Pilcher, Kenneth A.; Reishus, Richard 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 |
Sources
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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jul 17, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
24
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of design patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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