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2027 expirations

12 patents entering the public domain in 2027, accumulating 741 forward citations. Most influential: How Touchscreens Show and Snap Back When You Scroll Past an Edge (402 citations).

Patents expiring

12

Total citations

741

Peak month

January

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Most-Cited Patents Expiring in 2027

01

How Touchscreens Show and Snap Back When You Scroll Past an Edge

US 7469381Apple Incexp. December 2027

402

cit.

02

How Touchscreens Handle Scrolling and Rubber-Band Effects

US 7844915Apple Incexp. January 2027

132

cit.

03

How Touchscreens Use Math to Recognize Your Fingers

US 7812828Apple Incexp. February 2027

93

cit.

04

How Fuel Cells Reuse Exhaust Hydrogen for High Efficiency

US 7833668Bloom Energyexp. March 2027

29

cit.

05

How to Automatically Generate Musical Harmonies from Audio

US 8168877Harman International Industries Canada Ltdexp. October 2027

24

cit.

06

How Touchscreens Save Battery by Sleeping Between Touches

US 8125456Apple Incexp. January 2027

21

cit.

07

How Multi-Stage Power Amplifiers Save Battery Life in Wireless Devices

US 8130043Anadigicsexp. February 2027

13

cit.

08

How Touchscreens Precisely Align Signals to Detect Your Touch

US 8493330Apple Incexp. January 2027

13

cit.

09

Wind Turbine Blades with a Deeply Curved Front Surface

US 7614852Individualexp. December 2027

6

cit.

10

How a Robot Actuator Controls Force and Speed with Gears

US 8209052Societe de Commercialisation des Produits de la Recherche Appliquee SOCPRAexp. March 2027

5

cit.

11

How to Stack Computer Chips on a Wafer for Smaller Devices

US 7824959Samsung Electronics Coexp. March 2027

3

cit.

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