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US Patent 10237067: Term Information and Family Members

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Based on the provided patent text, there is no explicit mention of Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) or Patent Term Extensions (PTE) for US Patent 10237067.

Projected Expiration Date

US Patent 10237067's legal status is listed as "Expired - Lifetime" with an "Anticipated expiration 2023-09-29" by Google Patents. [cite: Patent text] Given that the current date is May 28, 2026, the patent has already expired. The anticipated expiration date of September 29, 2023, aligns approximately 20 years from its earliest priority date of September 30, 2002. [cite: Patent text]

Continuation and Divisional Applications

US Patent 10237067 is part of a larger patent family, characterized by a series of continuation applications.

• Parent Application:

  • US10237067 is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/272,013, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 9,832,017. [cite: Patent text]

• Child Applications (claiming priority from US10237067):

  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/358,455, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 10,721,066B2. This is explicitly listed as a Continuation. [cite: Patent text]
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/900,058, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 11,271,737B2. [cite: Patent text]
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/586,215, which matured into U.S. Pat. No. 11,546,154B2. [cite: Patent text]
    The applications US16/900,058 and US17/586,215 are listed as claiming priority from US10237067, indicating they are likely continuation applications, consistent with the family's development pattern.

Related Family Members

The patent family for US10237067 traces back to a provisional application filed in 2002 and includes numerous continuation applications. The following lists represent the lineage and subsequent applications within the family:

Priority Chain (Ancestors of US10237067):

• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/414,449, filed September 30, 2002. [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 6,996,251 (from Ser. No. 10/674,910, filed September 29, 2003). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 7,184,573 (from Ser. No. 11/325,373, filed January 4, 2006). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/757,075, filed January 6, 2006. [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 7,778,438 (from Ser. No. 11/621,062, filed January 8, 2007). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 8,135,169 (from Ser. No. 12/857,358, filed August 16, 2010). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 8,509,477 (from Ser. No. 13/417,229, filed March 10, 2012). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 8,983,119 (from Ser. No. 13/965,625, filed August 13, 2013). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Patent Application Publication No. US20150256784A1 (from Ser. No. 14/660,166, filed March 17, 2015). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 9,832,017 (from Ser. No. 15/272,013, filed September 21, 2016). [cite: Patent text]

Applications Claiming Priority from US10237067 (Children):

• U.S. Pat. No. 10,721,066B2 (from Ser. No. 16/358,455, filed March 19, 2019). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 11,271,737B2 (from Ser. No. 16/900,058, filed June 12, 2020). [cite: Patent text]
• U.S. Pat. No. 11,546,154B2 (from Ser. No. 17/586,215, filed January 27, 2022). [cite: Patent text]