Lapsed Sep 20, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 14, 2034
First maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Shiseido Company, Limited
Filed May 30, 2019 as application 16/427,111 · Granted Sep 20, 2022
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 20, 2026
2014
2034
Clock starts
Mar 14, 2014
Mar 14, 2014
No longer in force
Sep 20, 2026
Sep 20, 2026
Granted
Sep 20, 2022
Sep 20, 2022
Term would have run to
Mar 14, 2034
Mar 14, 2034
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.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 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.
3
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 Mar 14, 2034: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Mar 14, 2014, when application 14/213,322, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed May 30, 2019) | Mar 14, 2034 | 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 |
| Fee events | 0 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 20, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 20, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 9,122,919 | In force Mar 2034 | Mar 2034 |
| US 10,321,748 | In force Sep 2034 | Sep 2034 |
| US 11,445,803 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 2019 Reel 49414, frame 395 | Howell, David A.; Gross, David B.; Harvill, Leslie Y. | Skin Republic, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jun 10, 2019 Reel 49414, frame 406 | Skin Republic, Inc. | Alpha Moda Lab, Inc. | Change of Name |
| Jun 10, 2019 Reel 49414, frame 416 | Alpha Moda Lab, Inc. | Matchco. | Change of Name |
| Jun 10, 2019 Reel 49414, frame 420 | Matchco.; Shiseido Americas Corporation | Shiseido Americas Corporation | Merger and Change of Name |
| Mar 20, 2020 Reel 52203, frame 245 | Shiseido Americas Corporation | Shiseido Company, Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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Citations
6
later US patents cite this one
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