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Analysis of Term, Adjustments, and Family for U.S. Patent 10,372,793

As of May 12, 2026, an analysis of U.S. Patent 10,372,793 reveals the following details regarding its term, related applications, and projected expiration.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

A review of the patent's file history and the front page of the issued patent indicates no grant of Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) or Patent Term Extension (PTE). The patent's term is therefore calculated based on the standard 20-year period from its earliest effective filing date.

Continuity and Related Applications

U.S. Patent 10,372,793 is part of a large family of patents and applications and is a continuation of several preceding applications. The continuity chain is crucial for determining the correct expiration date.

The direct parent application of the '793 patent is U.S. Application No. 16/056,487, filed on August 6, 2018. However, the '793 patent claims priority through a long chain of continuation applications to the earliest non-provisional application, which is U.S. Application No. 11/384,957, filed on March 20, 2006. This 2006 application is now U.S. Patent No. 7,529,795.

The '793 patent also claims priority to two provisional applications, both filed on March 20, 2006:

• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/784,141
• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/784,140

For the purpose of calculating the patent term, the 20-year clock starts from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application in the chain.

There are no divisional applications directly related to the '793 patent itself, though the broader family may contain them.

Patent Family Members

The '793 patent is one of many patents assigned to Aloft Media, LLC, with inventor Gal Arav, all sharing a similar title and specification. Other related U.S. patents in this family include, but are not limited to:

• U.S. Patent 7,529,795
• U.S. Patent 8,682,961
• U.S. Patent 10,042,823
• U.S. Patent 10,078,623
• U.S. Patent 10,482,164
• U.S. Patent 10,691,874

This extensive use of continuation applications is a common strategy to pursue claims of varying scope over a single core invention.

Projected Expiration Date

The term of a U.S. patent filed after June 8, 1995, is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application to which it claims priority.

• Earliest Non-Provisional Filing Date: March 20, 2006 (from U.S. Application No. 11/384,957)
• Add 20 Years: March 20, 2026
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): 0 days
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): 0 days

Therefore, the projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 10,372,793 was March 20, 2026.

As of the current date of this analysis (May 12, 2026), this patent is expired. This aligns with the "Expired - Lifetime" status noted in public patent databases.