Extensions — US Patent 10632388

For US Patent 10632388, here are the details regarding its term and family:

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA):
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) extends the term of a patent to compensate for certain delays by the USPTO during the examination process of a utility or plant patent application. The USPTO automatically determines and transmits a notice of PTA no later than the patent's issuance date. Delays are categorized as A-delays (USPTO failure to act within specific timeframes), B-delays (failure to issue patent within three years of filing), and C-delays (due to interference, secrecy orders, or appeals). This adjusted term is added to the standard 20-year patent term, calculated from the application's filing date.

To determine the specific PTA for US 10632388, it would be necessary to access the patent's prosecution history on the USPTO Patent Center or review the Issue Notification Letter that accompanies the granted patent. This information is not explicitly provided in the patent document itself or general search results.

Patent Term Extension (PTE):
Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available under the Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. § 156) for patents on certain human drugs, food or color additives, medical devices, animal drugs, and veterinary biological products. This aims to restore patent term lost while awaiting premarket government approval from a regulatory agency. The extension cannot exceed five years and cannot extend the patent term to more than 14 years from the product's approval date.

Given that US Patent 10632388 relates to "Multilayer framework architecture and user interface for video gaming applications," it is highly unlikely to be eligible for Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156, as its subject matter does not fall within the categories of products requiring premarket regulatory review (e.g., pharmaceuticals or medical devices).

Continuation Applications:
A continuation application is a follow-up application filed to pursue additional claims related to the same invention disclosed in a prior "parent" application, while retaining the parent's priority date and largely the same specification. Continuation applications must be filed before the parent application issues as a patent or becomes abandoned. They are often used to secure broader claims or to pursue claims that were not allowed in the parent application.

The "Cross Reference To Related Applications" section of US10632388 indicates that it is a continuation of several earlier-filed applications:

U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,276, filed May 7, 2013
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,266, filed May 7, 2013
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,274, filed May 7, 2013
U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,284, filed May 7, 2013

These applications, in turn, claim the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/643,352, filed on May 7, 2012.

Additionally, the Google Patents information for US10632388 lists several later priority claims, indicating potential subsequent continuation applications that claim priority back to US10632388:

Priority to US17/076,408 (2020-10-21), which resulted in US11731054B1
Priority to US18/347,057 (2023-07-05), which resulted in US12324988B2
Priority to US19/219,455 (2025-05-27), which resulted in US20250281835A1

Divisional Applications:
A divisional application is filed when a parent application contains more than one distinct invention, usually in response to a USPTO restriction requirement. It claims a distinct invention disclosed but not claimed in the parent application, but shares the priority date of the original parent application.

The provided patent text does not explicitly state that US10632388 itself is a divisional application, nor does it list any specific divisional applications stemming directly from US10632388. The listed related applications are continuations.

Related Family Members:
Based on the "Cross Reference To Related Applications" section in US10632388 and the priority data from Google Patents, the patent family includes:

Parent Applications:
- U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/643,352, filed on May 7, 2012 (priority date)
- U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,276, filed May 7, 2013
- U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,266, filed May 7, 2013
- U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,274, filed May 7, 2013
- U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/889,284, filed May 7, 2013
Child/Continuation Applications (claiming priority from US10632388's lineage):
- US17/076,408 (filed 2020-10-21), which became US11731054B1
- US18/347,057 (filed 2023-07-05), which became US12324988B2
- US19/219,455 (filed 2025-05-27), which became US20250281835A1

Projected Expiration Date:
For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term is generally 20 years from the date of the earliest related application, or if there are no earlier applications, the filing date. This 20-year term can be adjusted by Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) to compensate for USPTO delays.

The earliest priority date for US 10632388 is May 7, 2012, from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/643,352.

Based on a nominal 20-year term from the earliest priority date:
May 7, 2012 + 20 years = May 7, 2032.

The Google Patents information for US10632388 explicitly states an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2033-05-07. This indicates that there is likely a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) of approximately one year applied to the patent, extending its life beyond the standard 20 years from its earliest priority date. Therefore, the projected expiration date is May 7, 2033.