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Hair Styling and Hair Care Apparatus

US D1,124,495 In force
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Term ends Apr 28, 2041 · High confidence

Filed Feb 2, 2024 as application 29/927,232 · Granted Apr 28, 2026
Base term, 15 years from grant
Today
15 years from grant
2026 2041
Clock starts
Apr 28, 2026
Term ends
Apr 28, 2041
base term 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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US D1,124,496, to Apr 28, 2041. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
15 years from grant
Base term
No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent.

This patent's term is its base term, 15 years from grant, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. 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.
StepInputDate after this stepConfidence
Base term, 15 years from grantGranted Apr 28, 2026Apr 28, 2041High confidence
Continuity chainEvery parent in the chain resolvedno changeHigh confidence
Patent term adjustmentNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Terminal disclaimer capDisclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US D1,124,496)resolves to Apr 28, 2041, no earlier than this term, so no changeHigh confidence
Patent term extensionNone on fileno changeHigh confidence
Computed term endThe steps above, in orderApr 28, 2041High 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.
RecordedAssignorAssigneeConveyance
Feb 29, 2024
Reel 66707, frame 232
Alfred, Alexander Scott; Gonzales, Noel Estores; Balueta, Christina Lyn Jama; Abuel, Ron Angelo Abuy; Sterry, James Michael Peter; Aston, Sally JoanneDyson Operations Pte. Ltd.Assignment of Assignor's Interest
Feb 29, 2024
Reel 66709, frame 53
Alfred, Alexander Scott; Balueta, Christina Lyn Jama; Abuel, Ron Angelo Abuy; Sterry, James Michael Peter; Aston, Sally Joanne; Gonzales, Noel EstoresDyson Technology LimitedAssignment of Assignor's Interest

Sources

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