Term ends Jun 4, 2030 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 4, 2030
Why Medium: The disclaimer's references carry disclaimers of their own not yet read (US 8,892,154), so the cap could be lower.
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Nov 12, 2014 as application 14/539,353 · Granted Oct 31, 2017
Base term plus 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) · capped by a resolved terminal disclaimer
Today
2010
2030
Clock starts
Jun 4, 2010
Jun 4, 2010
Term ends
Jun 4, 2030
Jun 4, 2030
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Oct 31, 2017
base term
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
107
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Capped
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,892,154.
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.
3
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 107 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document caps it earlier. 2 of 3 maintenance fees are paid so far. Confidence: Medium. 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 Jun 4, 2010, when application 12/794,128, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Nov 12, 2014) | Jun 4, 2030 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +107 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Sep 19, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US 8,892,154) | capped to Jun 4, 2030 | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 2 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jun 4, 2030 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,463,312 | In force Jul 2031 | Jul 2031 |
| US 8,892,154 | In force no later than Jun 2030 | no later than Jun 2030 |
| US 9,807,771 | this patent Jun 2030 | Jun 2030 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34869, frame 178 | Whinnett, Nicholas William | Mindspeed Technologies U.k., Limited | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 2, 2015 Reel 34891, frame 605 | Mindspeed Technologies U.k., Limited | Intel Corporation | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Feb 14, 2020 Reel 52414, frame 1 | Intel Corporation | Apple Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
Sources
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What's changing
Jun 2030
Term ends Jun 4, 2030. Maintenance fees still fall due before then
Note
The 107 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Disclaimer cap
This term is capped by a terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US 8,892,154.
Citations
1
later US patent cites this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2017 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.