Term ends Jan 31, 2038 · High confidence
Held by Apple Inc.
Filed Mar 15, 2019 as application 29/683,766 · Granted Jan 31, 2023
Base term, 15 years from grant
Today
2023
2038
Clock starts
Jan 31, 2023
Jan 31, 2023
Term ends
Jan 31, 2038
Jan 31, 2038
base term
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.
No effect
Terminal disclaimer
Resolved from the filed document, referencing US D1,009,827, to Jan 31, 2038. The term already ends on or before that date, so the cap shortened nothing.
15 years from grant
Base term
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18
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 is its base term, 15 years from grant, with no adjustment for prosecution delay. A terminal disclaimer is resolved from the filed document, and it ends no earlier than this term, so it shortens nothing. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent. Confidence: High. from the record
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| Step | Input | Date after this step | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base term, 15 years from grant | Granted Jan 31, 2023 | Jan 31, 2038 | High confidence |
| Continuity chain | Every parent in the chain resolved | no change | High confidence |
| Patent term adjustment | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Terminal disclaimer cap | Disclaimer resolved from the filed document (refs US D1,009,827) | resolves to Jan 31, 2038, no earlier than this term, so no change | High confidence |
| Patent term extension | None on file | no change | High confidence |
| Computed term end | The steps above, in order | Jan 31, 2038 | High confidence |
This family
| US D945,978 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US D945,977 | In force Mar 2037 | Mar 2037 |
| US D976,895 | this patent Jan 2038 | Jan 2038 |
| US 11,172,110 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US D1,009,827 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US D1,008,990 | In force Dec 2038 | Dec 2038 |
| US 11,616,896 | In force Jan 2039 | Jan 2039 |
| US D991,202 | In force Jul 2038 | Jul 2038 |
8 of 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 2019 Reel 50632, frame 340 | Akana, Jody; Anderson, Molly; Andre, Bartley K.; Aoyagi, Shota; Ashcroft, Anthony Michael; Bataille, Marine C.; Bataillou, Jeremy; Diebel, Markus; Hankey, M. Evans; Hoenig, Julian; Howarth, Richard P.; Ive, Jonathan P.; Jaede, Julian; Kerr, Duncan Robert; Russell-clarke, Peter; Shaffer, Benjamin Andrew; Silvanto, Mikael; Tan, Sung-ho; Tissandier, Clement; Whang, Eugene Antony; Zörkendörfer, Rico | Apple Inc. | Assignment of Assignor's Interest |
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Jan 2038
Term ends Jan 31, 2038. No maintenance fees are payable on this kind of patent
Terminal disclaimer
A terminal disclaimer resolved from the filed document, referencing US D1,009,827, ends no earlier than this term, so it caps nothing.
Citations
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