Term ends Apr 4, 2028 · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Jun 28, 2027
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Held by Apple Computer, Inc.
Filed Mar 16, 2009 as application 12/405,212 · Granted May 1, 2012
Base term plus 281 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay)
Today
2007
2028
Clock starts
Jun 28, 2007
Jun 28, 2007
Term ends
Apr 4, 2028
Apr 4, 2028
Granted
May 1, 2012
May 1, 2012
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
281
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 281 days past its 20-year base term on prosecution delay. All three maintenance fees are recorded paid; no more fees are due. 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 28, 2007, when applications 11/824,160 and 11/824,320, the earliest non-provisional applications in its chain, were filed (this one was filed Mar 16, 2009); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Jun 28, 2027 | 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 | +281 days, USPTO patent term adjustment record | Apr 4, 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 | Apr 4, 2028 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 7,861,008 | In force 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 | this patent 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 2009 Reel 22405, frame 142 | Rostaing, Andrew; Guetta, Anthony J.; Chapman, Greg | Apple Computer, Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
| May 12, 2009 Reel 22684, frame 850 | Rostaing, Andrew; Guetta, Anthony J.; Chapman, Greg | Apple Inc. | Corrective Assignment to Correct the Assignee: Apple Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, California 95014 Previously Recorded on Reel 022405 Frame 0142. Assignor(S) Hereby Confirms the Assignee: Apple Computer, Inc. 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, California 95014. |
Sources
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What's changing
Apr 2028
Term ends Apr 4, 2028. No further fees fall due before then
Note
The 281 days of patent term adjustment (USPTO delay) are read from the USPTO record, not recalculated by us
Citations
54
later US patents cite this one
That is top 25% of utility patents granted in 2012 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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