Also listed on Matchco., an earlier holder on the record. The recorded assignments below show how it moved.
Term ends Mar 5, 2039 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 7, 2038
Held by Shiseido Company, Limited
Filed Mar 7, 2018 as application 15/915,009 · Granted May 13, 2025
Base term plus 363 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2018
2039
Clock starts
Mar 7, 2018
Mar 7, 2018
Term ends
Mar 5, 2039
Mar 5, 2039
Granted
May 13, 2025
May 13, 2025
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
363
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 3
Maintenance fees paid
Three maintenance fees fall due, at 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years from grant. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
This patent's term runs 363 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. 0 of 3 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 Mar 7, 2018, when this application, 15/915,009, was filed | Mar 7, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +363 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 5, 2039 | 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 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Mar 5, 2039 | High confidence |
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 14, 2018 Reel 45793, frame 979 | Harvill, Leslie Y.; Morrow, Kaialia; Kim, Amy Jo; Lin, Mandy Peiyin | Matchco. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Apr 18, 2019 Reel 48926, frame 760 | 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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What's changing
Mar 2039
Term ends Mar 5, 2039. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 363 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
23
later US patents cite this one
Fewer than half of the utility patents granted in 2025 in our data have been cited yet, so we show the count and do not rank on it.
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.