Lapsed Jan 30, 2026 on the fee record · Low confidence
20-year base term ends Mar 3, 2029
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Aug 14, 2014 as application 14/459,445 · Granted Jan 30, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing, plus 372 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
Lapsed Jan 30, 2026
2009
2030
Clock starts
Mar 3, 2009
Mar 3, 2009
No longer in force
Jan 30, 2026
Jan 30, 2026
Granted
Jan 30, 2018
Jan 30, 2018
Term would have run to
Mar 10, 2030
Mar 10, 2030
base term
patent term adjustment
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
372
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
Unresolved
Terminal disclaimer
On file, reference document not resolved, so the date above is an upper bound. We do not guess the cap.
1 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 10, 2030: its 20-year base term plus 372 days of term adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is on file with no resolved reference, so no cap is applied and none is guessed. Confidence: Low. 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 Aug 14, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Mar 3, 2029 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | A parent in the chain could not be resolved | dated from this application's own claim | Medium confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +372 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Mar 10, 2030 | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer on file (approved), reference document not resolved | no cap applied, and none guessed | Medium confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Fee events | 1 of 3 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Jan 30, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 30, 2026 | Low 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 | Lapsed on the fee record Sep 2026 | Sep 2026 |
| US 9,881,353 | this patent 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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What's changing
Note
A terminal disclaimer is on file and its reference is not resolved. No cap is applied and none is guessed
Note
The 372 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Open question
A terminal disclaimer is on file (approved) and its reference document is not resolved. A disclaimer would cap the term earlier than Jan 30, 2026. We will not guess the cap.
Citations
4
later US patents cite this one
That is above the median of utility patents granted in 2018 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.