Lapsed Sep 23, 2026 on the fee record · High confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 3, 2029
Third maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Jun 26, 2013 as application 13/927,671 · Granted Sep 23, 2014
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Sep 23, 2026
2009
2029
Clock starts
Mar 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
No longer in force
Sep 23, 2026
Sep 23, 2026
Granted
Sep 23, 2014
Sep 23, 2014
Term would have run to
Mar 3, 2029
Mar 3, 2029
base term
after the term ends
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
None
Term adjustment
No prosecution delay on this record.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
2 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.
10
Family applications on record here
Applications sharing this one's continuity chain whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Its term would have run to Mar 3, 2029: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 3, 2009, when application 12/397,334, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Jun 26, 2013) | Mar 3, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | 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 | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Sep 23, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Sep 23, 2026 | High confidence |
This family
| US 8,477,143 | Lapsed on the fee record Jul 2025 | Jul 2025 |
| Application PCT/US2009/001416 | PCT application no patent term | no patent term |
| US 10,073,626 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 9,164,891 | In force Sep 2033 | Sep 2033 |
| US 9,323,663 | In force Aug 2033 | Aug 2033 |
| US 8,842,133 | this patent Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,881,353 | Lapsed on the fee record Jan 2026 | Jan 2026 |
| US 9,477,595 | Lapsed on the fee record Oct 2024 | Oct 2024 |
8 of 10 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Citations
11
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2014 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
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