Extensions — US Patent 10134054

Analysis of Patent Term, Continuity, and Family for U.S. Patent 10,134,054

Report Date: April 29, 2026

This report details the term, application history, and related patents for U.S. Patent No. 10,134,054 ("the '054 patent"), based on data from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

Patent Term and Expiration

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): There has been no Patent Term Adjustment granted for the '054 patent. A review of the prosecution history for the corresponding application (Ser. No. 15/822,974) confirms that no days were added due to USPTO delays.
Patent Term Extension (PTE): There have been no Patent Term Extensions under 35 U.S.C. § 156, which are typically granted for delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and are not applicable here.
Governing Filing Date for Term Calculation: The patent term is calculated from the earliest non-provisional application in its family chain. As detailed in the '054 patent's "Cross Reference to Related Applications" section, the application that originated this chain is U.S. Application Ser. No. 11/763,286, which was filed on June 14, 2007.
Projected Expiration Date: The standard 20-year term for a U.S. patent runs from the earliest effective filing date. Barring any unforeseen circumstances such as a terminal disclaimer or failure to pay maintenance fees, the projected expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 10,134,054 is June 14, 2027 (20 years after the June 14, 2007 filing date).

Continuity and Application History

U.S. Patent 10,134,054 is part of a long and active family of patents, developed through a series of continuation applications. A continuation application is a subsequent application for an invention claimed in a prior, co-pending patent application.

Parent Applications (Application Lineage):

The '054 patent (Application No. 15/822,974) is a direct continuation of the application that issued as U.S. Patent No. 9,830,615. The full lineage traces back to a 2007 application, which itself claims priority to two provisional applications from 2006.

Direct Parent: Application No. 15/360,762 (Issued as U.S. Patent 9,830,615)
Grandparent: Application No. 14/960,237 (Issued as U.S. Patent 9,508,089)
...and so on, back to the original non-provisional application:
Original Non-Provisional Application: Application No. 11/763,286, filed June 14, 2007 (Issued as U.S. Patent 7,747,745).
Original Provisional Applications: Claims priority to Application Nos. 60/804,937 (filed June 16, 2006) and 60/805,119 (filed June 19, 2006).

Child Application (Continuations of the '054 Patent):

The inventive subject matter of the '054 patent has been further pursued in at least one subsequent continuation application:

Direct Child: Application No. 16/194,203, filed November 16, 2018 (Issued as U.S. Patent 10,475,073).

Divisional Applications:
A review of the patent family data indicates no applications have been filed as "divisionals" of the '054 patent or its direct parents. The applicant has consistently used continuation applications to prosecute this patent family.

Patent Family Summary

The '054 patent belongs to a large family of U.S. patents (family ID 38832126), all assigned to Almondnet Inc. and naming Roy Shkedi as the inventor. This family comprehensively covers methods and systems for profile-based, targeted online advertising, with a particular focus on privacy-sensitive interactions and profit-based media selection. The consistent filing of continuation applications over more than a decade demonstrates a long-term strategy to protect various aspects and improvements related to the core invention.

Key Members of the Patent Family (Issued Patents):

U.S. Patent 7,747,745
U.S. Patent 8,204,783
U.S. Patent 8,671,139
U.S. Patent 8,959,146
U.S. Patent 9,208,514
U.S. Patent 9,508,089
U.S. Patent 9,830,615
U.S. Patent 10,475,073
U.S. Patent 10,839,423
U.S. Patent 11,301,898
U.S. Patent 11,610,226
U.S. Patent 11,836,759