Term ends Dec 29, 2028 · High confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 28, 2027
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Jun 28, 2007 as application 11/824,160 · Granted Dec 28, 2010
Base term plus 550 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jun 28, 2007
Jun 28, 2007
Term ends
Dec 29, 2028
Dec 29, 2028
Granted
Dec 28, 2010
Dec 28, 2010
base term
patent term adjustment
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
550
Days of term adjustment
Read from the USPTO patent term adjustment record, not recalculated here.
None
Terminal disclaimer
No disclaimer on this record.
3 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.
17
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 550 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 Jun 28, 2007, when this application, 11/824,160, was filed | Jun 28, 2027 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | +550 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Dec 29, 2028 | 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 | 3 of 3 maintenance fees paid | In force | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Dec 29, 2028 | High confidence |
This family
| US 7,861,008 | this patent Dec 2028 | Dec 2028 |
| US 8,041,438 | In force Jan 2030 | Jan 2030 |
| US 8,111,837 | Lapsed on the fee record Feb 2024 | Feb 2024 |
| US 8,171,177 | In force Apr 2028 | Apr 2028 |
| US 8,140,714 | Lapsed on the fee record Mar 2024 | Mar 2024 |
| US 8,095,694 | In force Jun 2027 | Jun 2027 |
| US 8,694,141 | In force Mar 2028 | Mar 2028 |
| US 8,694,140 | In force Dec 2027 | Dec 2027 |
8 of 17 applications in this family shown, earliest filings first. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 2007 Reel 19566, frame 787 | Batson, James D.; Borogove, Meriko L.; Chapman, Gregory R.; Coffman, Patrick L.; Guetta, Anthony J.; Lindahl, Aram; Rostaing, Andrew | Apple, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| Dec 5, 2007 Reel 20200, frame 650 | Batson, James D.; Borogove, Meriko L.; Chapman, Gregory R.; Coffman, Patrick L.; Guetta, Anthony J.; Lindahl, Aram; Rostaing, Andrew | Apple Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Corrective Assignment to Re-Record Assignment Previously Recorded with Incorrect Assignee Name. Previously Recorded on Reel 019566 Frame 0787. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the to Correct the Assignee Name from Apple, Inc. to Apple Inc.. |
Sources
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What's changing
Dec 2028
Term ends Dec 29, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 550 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
317
later US patents cite this one
That is top 5% of utility patents granted in 2010 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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