Lapsed Apr 24, 2026 on the fee record · Medium confidence
20-year base term ends Nov 17, 2026
Why Medium: A parent in the chain could not be resolved.
Second maintenance fee unpaid; grace period ended.
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Oct 21, 2014 as application 14/519,472 · Granted Apr 24, 2018
Base term, 20 years from filing
Today
Lapsed Apr 24, 2026
2006
2026
Clock starts
Nov 17, 2006
Nov 17, 2006
No longer in force
Apr 24, 2026
Apr 24, 2026
Granted
Apr 24, 2018
Apr 24, 2018
Term would have run to
Nov 17, 2026
Nov 17, 2026
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.
1 of 2
Maintenance fees paid
Two maintenance fees can end this term early, the ones due 3.5 and 7.5 years from grant; the third one's grace period runs past the term end. This counts the ones the record shows paid.
4
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 Nov 17, 2026: its 20-year base term, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. 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 Nov 17, 2006, when application 11/601,497, the earliest non-provisional in its chain, was filed (this one was filed Oct 21, 2014); a parent in its chain could not be resolved (the next row) | Nov 17, 2026 | 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 | 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 | 1 of 2 maintenance fees paid | lapsed Apr 24, 2026 | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Apr 24, 2026 | Medium confidence |
This family
| US 8,234,392 | In force Apr 2031 | Apr 2031 |
| US 8,878,857 | Grace period ended Mar 2027 | Mar 2027 |
| US 9,953,391 | this patent Apr 2026 | Apr 2026 |
| US 10,497,086 | In force Nov 2026 | Nov 2026 |
The applications whose file history this site holds. The family may have others.
Sources
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Citations
3
later US patents cite this one
That is below the median of utility patents granted in 2018 in our data, the only group it is compared against.
How we rank
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