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To provide a comprehensive detail for US patent 10541883, I need to access the official USPTO database. However, direct real-time interaction with the USPTO database for detailed patent prosecution history, including specific PTA calculations or terminal disclaimers, is not possible through this interface. The information I can provide will be based on publicly available data and general patent rules.

Based on the provided information and general patent law:

US Patent 10541883: Playback device connection

• Patent Term Adjustments (PTA): Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) extends the term of a U.S. patent to compensate for certain delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. This includes delays such as not issuing a first office action within 14 months of filing, not responding to an applicant's reply within four months, or not issuing the patent within three years of the actual filing date. The USPTO calculates PTA at the time of patent issuance. Without direct access to the patent's prosecution history in Patent Center, the exact amount of PTA for US10541883 cannot be definitively determined. The issue notification letter for the patent would contain the official PTA calculation.

• Patent Term Extensions (PTE): Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are distinct from PTA and are typically granted under the Hatch-Waxman Act for patents covering pharmaceutical products, food additives, color additives, and medical devices to restore patent term lost during regulatory review by the FDA. As US Patent 10541183 relates to "Playback device connection" and multimedia technologies, it is highly unlikely to be eligible for PTE, as it does not fall into the categories of products requiring premarket government approval by a regulatory agency like the FDA.

• Continuation Applications, Divisional Applications, and Related Family Members:

  • US10541883 is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/091,113, filed on Apr. 5, 2016.
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 15/091,113 is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14/486,667, filed on Sep. 15, 2014, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,866,447.
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 14/486,667 is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 13/618,829, filed on Sep. 14, 2012, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,868,698.
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 13/618,829 is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 11/147,116 filed on Jun. 6, 2005, and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,326,951.
  • U.S. application Ser. No. 11/147,116 claims priority to provisional application 60/577,284 filed Jun. 5, 2004.

  Therefore, the family members include:

  • US Provisional Application 60/577,284 (priority date June 5, 2004)
  • US Patent 8,326,951 (application Ser. No. 11/147,116)
  • US Patent 8,868,698 (application Ser. No. 13/618,829)
  • US Patent 9,866,447 (application Ser. No. 14/486,667)
  • US Application 15/091,113
  • US Application 16/298,515 (the application for US10541883)
  • US Patent Publication 2019/0207824A1 (another version of the application for US10541883)
  • US10541883B2 (the patent itself)

  Other priority claims mentioned in the Google Patents sidebar are:

  • Priority to US16/746,294 (2020-01-17), which led to patent/US10965545B2/en.
  • Priority to US17/018,401 (2020-09-11), which led to patent/US11025509B2/en.

  These indicate a robust patent family tree with multiple continuations, as is common for inventions in rapidly evolving technological fields.

• Projected Expiration Date: For U.S. utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term generally expires 20 years from the earliest filing date of the application, excluding any provisional applications to which priority is claimed. In this case, the earliest non-provisional priority date is June 6, 2005 (U.S. application Ser. No. 11/147,116). [cite: Filing date of US 11/147,116 in the Cross-Reference section]

  Therefore, the base expiration date would be June 6, 2005 + 20 years = June 6, 2025.
  The Google Patents sidebar lists an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2025-06-06. This aligns with the 20-year term from the earliest non-provisional priority date.

  Any PTA would extend this date. However, as noted in the summary, the patent status is currently listed as "Expired - Lifetime". This status is provided by Google Patents and is an assumption, not a legal conclusion. For an accurate, legally binding expiration date, an official determination from the USPTO would be required, considering any applied PTA and the effect of any terminal disclaimers, although no terminal disclaimers have been identified in the provided information.

  Given the current date of April 26, 2026, and the anticipated expiration date of June 6, 2025, the patent would indeed be expired if no PTA or PTE were applied.