2,761 patents currently held
12,031 more in force are now held by other companies
Held is read from USPTO's recorded assignments; a transfer never recorded there does not appear.
110 more records may belong here and await a decision; they are not counted.
The next term ends in Nov 2026. from the record
Of the 12,031 now held by other companies, 9,823 name Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC as their current owner, and 2,208 more name another party. Each row says which.
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Alerts on its grants, lapses and transfers.
1,677
Ending by 2030
Nov 2026
Next term end
2,627
Patent families
When these terms end
Held patents by the year their term ends
notable patents
fee due within 90 days
all others
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
Notable: the highest-ranked patents in this portfolio by citations and family size. Fee due within 90 days: a maintenance fee is due within 90 days of when this page was computed and not yet paid.
Notable patents
Ranked by citations and family size, against patents of the same kind granted the same year. How we rank
Notable
Ends May 2027 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends Nov 2027 · High confidence
Also notable
Ends May 2027 · High confidence
Display Screen With Graphical User Interface
US D682,307
Cited by 175 later US patents, top 5% of design patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2027.
Exposing Non-Authoring Features Through Document Status Information in an Out-Space User Interface
US 10,521,073
Cited by 48 later US patents, top 5% of utility patents granted in 2019 in our data. Protection runs to 2027. A terminal disclaimer caps this term to an earlier patent's.
Display Screen with graphical User Interface
US D682,288
Cited by 148 later US patents, top 5% of design patents granted in 2013 in our data. Protection runs to 2027.
Formerly held, still cited
Notable
Ends Mar 2031 · Medium confidence
The most cited patent in this portfolio, cited by 1,884 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2015 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.
now held by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Also notable
Ends Mar 2031 · High confidence
Cited by 126 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2020 in our data. Protection runs to 2031.
now held by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Also notable
Ends Jan 2033 · High confidence
Cited by 274 later US patents, top 1% of utility patents granted in 2017 in our data, and renewed at every maintenance window due so far. Protection runs to 2033.
now held by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
Fee deadlines
Maintenance fees fall due 3.5, 7.5 and 11.5 years after grant. A missed fee ends a patent at the end of the six month grace period that follows, not on the due date.
- 3 fees due Nov 19 to 28, 2026 · next Nov 19
- 11 fees due Dec 11 to 30, 2026 · next Dec 11
- 10 fees due Jan 2 to 28, 2027 · next Jan 2
- 8 fees due Feb 1 to 20, 2027 · next Feb 1
- 6 fees due Mar 8 to 24, 2027 · next Mar 8
- 8 fees due Apr 6 to 29, 2027 · next Apr 6
- 9 fees due May 3 to 26, 2027 · next May 3
- 13 fees due Jun 1 to 30, 2027 · next Jun 1
- 18 fees due Jul 5 to 28, 2027 · next Jul 5
- 9 fees due Aug 2 to 23, 2027 · next Aug 2
- 24 fees due Sep 1 to 30, 2027 · next Sep 1
- 12 fees due Oct 2 to 26, 2027 · next Oct 2
- 5 fees due Nov 3 to 10, 2027 · next Nov 3
Recent changes
- Sep 30Assignment recorded on US 12,730,985: Stratton, Tyler to Microsoft Corporation Recorded Sep 30, 2026, executed Jan 14, 2018. Conveyance as recorded: Employment Agreement. A recorded assignment is a filed document, not a statement of current ownership. Reel 76570, frame 66.
- 18 of the patents on this record were granted since Aug 16, 2026
- 573 terms have ended since Aug 16, 2026
What they patent
The 5 largest of its 2,627 families, grouped by real patent family and labeled by the earliest filing in each. No technology classification is inferred from titles.
| Display Screen with Graphical User Interface (2012) | 9 in force | to Feb 2029 |
| Keyboard | 7 in force | to Oct 2032 |
| Display Screen with Graphical User Interface (2018) | 6 in force | to Aug 2035 |
| Display Screen With Icon | 5 in force | to Jan 2033 |
| Display Screen with graphical User Interface | 5 in force | to Aug 2029 |
Patents held now
Soonest term end first.
| Patent | Title | Status | Expires | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US D671,127 | Display Screen with Animated Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,128 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,129 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,130 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,131 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,132 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,133 | Display Screen with Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,134 | Display Screen with Animated Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,135 | Display Screen with Transitional Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence | |
| US D671,136 | Display Screen with Transitional Graphical User Interface In force · High confidence | In force | High confidence |
Also on record, not counted in the 2,761: 12,031 patents in force now held by others · 18,354 patents ended · 51 applications pending · 8,881 applications abandoned. List them
Sources and methods
Compiled from USPTO application file histories, grants and recorded assignments, with the company's own names reviewed by hand. How this record was built
Portfolio grouped automatically from ownership conveyances to the names matched to this company, usually every name that begins with its own, so it counts patents an affiliate holds; each list row names the holder of record. Security interests are excluded and ambiguous records are not reviewed by hand.
Fee due within 90 days marks a patent with a maintenance fee due within 90 days of the date this page was computed and not yet recorded paid, so it can end earlier than the bar shows. A fee left unpaid ends the patent at the close of the six month grace period that follows its due date, not on the due date itself. It is not a prediction that the fee will be missed.
Computed patent terms end on the dates shown. Related patents and pending applications may cover overlapping subject matter.