Term ends May 13, 2031 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jul 28, 2030
Held by Kenvue Brands LLC
Filed Jul 28, 2010 as application 12/844,879 · Granted Dec 31, 2013
Base term plus 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2010
2031
Clock starts
Jul 28, 2010
Jul 28, 2010
Term ends
May 13, 2031
May 13, 2031
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013
base term
patent term adjustment
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
289
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
14
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 289 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jul 28, 2010, when this application, 12/844,879, was filed | Jul 28, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +289 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | May 13, 2031 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | May 13, 2031 | High confidence |
This family
| Application 11/729,613 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 8,617,090 | this patent May 2031 | May 2031 |
| US 8,684,956 | In force Oct 2031 | Oct 2031 |
| US 9,022,959 | In force Aug 2031 | Aug 2031 |
| Application 12/844,885 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
| US 9,022,960 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| US 9,022,961 | In force Jul 2032 | Jul 2032 |
| Application 13/962,916 | Abandoned not computed | not computed |
8 of 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2010 Reel 25034, frame 885 | Fougere, Richard J.; Fusi, Robert W., II; McDonough, Justin E.; Ochs, Harold D. | McNeil-PPC, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Nov 3, 2010 Reel 25240, frame 376 | Fougere, Richard J.; Fusi, Robert W., II; McDonough, Justin; Ochs, Harold D. | McNeil-PPC, Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Inventor's Name Justin Mcdonough Previously Recorded on Reel 025034 Frame 0885. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Correct Name Is Justin Mcdonough (NO Middle Initial). |
| Jul 1, 2015 Reel 36042, frame 443 | McNeil-PPC, Inc.; Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58888, frame 133 | Chenango Zero LLC | Chenango Two LLC | Merger |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 58888, frame 210 | Chenango Two LLC; Currahee Holding Company Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Merger and Change of Name |
| Jan 27, 2022 Reel 59618, frame 521 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Chenango Zero LLC | Merger |
| Jan 19, 2023 Reel 62438, frame 372 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Jan 19, 2023 Reel 62438, frame 521 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Certificate of Conversion |
| Oct 28, 2024 Reel 69267, frame 127 | Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc. | Kenvue Brands LLC | Change of Name |
Sources
Google Patents · The patent document at USPTO · Assignment records at USPTO
USPTO account required: This application in Patent Center · USPTO's maintenance fee lookup
Maintenance fee events come from USPTO's own fee records. Its fee lookup asks for the patent number and the application number.
What's changing
May 2031
Term ends May 13, 2031. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 289 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
103
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2013 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
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.
In force means the term is running and no lapse is on record. It is not a finding that the patent is valid.