Extensions

US Patent 10444943: Term Adjustments, Extensions, and Family Members

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA):
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. This adds time to the standard 20-year patent term from the earliest filing date. Common reasons for PTA include:

• Failure to issue an office action or notice of allowance within 14 months of filing.
• Failure to respond to an applicant's reply within four months.
• Failure to issue a patent within four months of payment of the issue fee.
• Failure to issue a patent within three years of the actual filing date.

The USPTO automatically calculates and provides notice of the PTA on or before the patent's issuance date. The patent document for US10444943 should contain the specific PTA awarded, if any. Without direct access to the issue notification or the USPTO's Patent Center for this specific patent, the exact PTA amount cannot be definitively stated at this time.

Patent Term Extension (PTE):
Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available under the Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. § 156) for patents claiming products, methods of use, or manufacturing processes that require pre-market regulatory approval (e.g., human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, food additives, medical devices). PTE aims to restore a portion of the patent term lost during the regulatory review period. Key requirements for PTE include:

• The patent must not have expired.
• The patent term must not have been previously extended.
• The application must be submitted by the patent owner or agent within 60 days of regulatory approval.
• The product must have undergone a regulatory review period before commercial marketing or use.

Given that US10444943 is titled "Interactive electronically presented map," it is highly unlikely to be eligible for Patent Term Extension as it does not appear to cover a product requiring regulatory approval under 35 U.S.C. § 156. There is no indication from the patent text or general search results that this patent has received or is eligible for PTE.

Continuation and Divisional Applications:
The patent states that it "is a continuation, and claims the priority, of application Ser. No. 13/965,450 filed Aug. 13, 2013, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/040,910 filed Mar. 4, 2011, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 12/474,850 filed May 29, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,468,464, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 11/199,843, filed Aug. 8, 2005, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,555,725, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/136,845 filed Apr. 30, 2002, now abandoned, which claims the priority of provisional application No. 60/287,339, filed Apr. 30, 2001."

Based on this, the following relationships can be identified:

• US10444943B2 is a continuation of US 15/429,359 (the application number for US10444943).
• US 15/429,359 claims priority to US 13/965,450.
• US 13/965,450 is a continuation of US 13/040,910.
• US 13/040,910 is a continuation of US 12/474,850 (which issued as US Pat. No. 8,468,464).
• US 12/474,850 is a continuation of US 11/199,843 (which issued as US Pat. No. 7,555,725).
• US 11/199,843 is a continuation of US 10/136,845 (now abandoned).
• US 10/136,845 claims priority to provisional application No. 60/287,339.

There is no mention of divisional applications within the provided text.

Related Family Members:
Based on the continuation chain, the related family members include:

• US Provisional Application No. 60/287,339 (priority date April 30, 2001)
• US Application Ser. No. 10/136,845 (filed April 30, 2002, abandoned)
• US Application Ser. No. 11/199,843 (filed August 8, 2005, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,555,725)
• US Application Ser. No. 12/474,850 (filed May 29, 2009, issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,468,464)
• US Application Ser. No. 13/040,910 (filed March 4, 2011)
• US Application Ser. No. 13/965,450 (filed August 13, 2013)
• US Application Ser. No. 15/429,359 (filed February 10, 2017, issued as US10444943B2)
• US20170153776A1 (published June 1, 2017, another version of the application leading to US10444943)

Another priority is listed for US16/516,215 (US10908782B2), filed July 18, 2019, which indicates this patent is also a family member.

Projected Expiration Date:
The patent information states an "Anticipated expiration" date of April 30, 2022. It also notes the "Legal status" as "Expired - Fee Related," and "Current" status as "Expired - Fee Related."

Considering the original priority date of April 30, 2001 (from provisional application No. 60/287,339), a typical patent term is 20 years from the earliest non-provisional filing date. If the earliest non-provisional filing date was April 30, 2002 (US 10/136,845), then the unadjusted 20-year term would end on April 30, 2022. This aligns with the "Anticipated expiration" date provided in the patent information.

Given the "Expired - Fee Related" status, it appears the patent has indeed expired as of April 30, 2022, likely due to a failure to pay maintenance fees.