The patent

Patented. As of today, officially.

The first shaped professional hair foil is protected by a United States design patent.

U.S. Design Patent No. D1,136,351 "HAIR FOIL" — issued July 21, 2026 to inventor Brooke Fischer. Application Serial No. 29/884,089, filed February 7, 2023.

Plain-English summary

What the patent covers.

A design patent's drawings define its protection. The plain-language summary below is informational; the issued patent document governs.

The claim

The ornamental design for a hair foil

As shown and described — the patent's drawings define the protected ContourFoil shape.

Term

15 years, no maintenance fees

Issued July 21, 2026; protection runs to 2041. Design patents require no maintenance fees to stay in force.

Scope

The distinctive angled sheet design

Protects the ContourFoil sheet design as shown. Partner-specific questions are answered under NDA.

The drawings

This is what's protected.

Figures from the issued patent. In a design patent, the drawings are the claim — this trapezoid, angled to follow the hairline, is the shape the United States now protects.

U.S. Patent D1,136,351, FIG. 1 — perspective view of the ContourFoil trapezoid hair foil sheet — FIG. 1 — PERSPECTIVE VIEW

U.S. Patent D1,136,351, FIG. 2 — plan view of the ContourFoil trapezoid hair foil sheet — FIG. 2 — PLAN VIEW

Official record

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The patent issued electronically on July 21, 2026 and is available through the USPTO's Patent Center.

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