Lapsed Aug 14, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2027
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Mary Kay Inc.
Filed May 26, 2016 as application 15/165,772 · Granted Aug 14, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 156 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
Lapsed Aug 14, 2026
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 17, 2007
May 17, 2007
No longer in force
Aug 14, 2026
Aug 14, 2026
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Aug 14, 2018
Term would have run to
May 17, 2027
May 17, 2027
base term
after the term ends
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
156
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 7,932,417, US 8,258,121, US 8,431,731, US 9,375,391.
1 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.
8
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to May 17, 2027: its 20-year base term plus 156 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 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 May 17, 2007, when application 11/749,869, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 26, 2016) | May 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +156 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Oct 20, 2027 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 7,932,417, US 8,258,121, US 8,431,731, US 9,375,391) | capped to May 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Aug 14, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Aug 14, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,932,417 | In force Feb 2028 | Feb 2028 |
| US 8,258,121 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2024 | Sep 2024 |
| US 8,431,731 | Lapsed on the fee record Apr 2025 | Apr 2025 |
| US 9,375,391 | Lapsed on the fee record Jun 2024 | Jun 2024 |
| US 10,045,921 | this patent Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 16/032,596 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,793,737 | In force Nov 2027 | Nov 2027 |
| US 12,285,509 | In force May 2027 | May 2027 |
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 26, 2016 Reel 38730, frame 756 | Mentlik, Anton A.; Swanzy, James | Mary Kay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Note
The 156 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 7,932,417, US 8,258,121, US 8,431,731, US 9,375,391.
Citations
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later US patents cite this one
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