Term ends Nov 7, 2027 · High confidence
20-year base term ends May 17, 2027
Held by Mary Kay Inc.
Filed Jan 26, 2021 as application 17/158,619 · Granted Oct 24, 2023
Base term plus 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2027
Clock starts
May 17, 2007
May 17, 2007
Term ends
Nov 7, 2027
Nov 7, 2027
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Oct 24, 2023
base term
patent term adjustment
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
174
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
0 of 1
Maintenance fees paid
One maintenance fee can end this term early, the one due 3.5 years from grant; the next one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts it if the record shows it 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.
This patent's term runs 174 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 1 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 May 17, 2007, when application 11/749,869, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jan 26, 2021) | May 17, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +174 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Nov 7, 2027 | 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 1 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Nov 7, 2027 | 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 | Lapsed on the fee record Aug 2026 | Aug 2026 |
| Application 16/032,596 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 11,793,737 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2021 Reel 55035, frame 662 | Mentlik, Anton A.; Swanzy, James | Mary Kay Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
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What's changing
Nov 2027
Term ends Nov 7, 2027. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 174 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
0
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2023 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
Every date shows its work: the base term, any term adjustment or extension, any disclaimer cap, and the maintenance fee record, each with a confidence tier. How this record was built
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In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.