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US Patent 10,715,806: Patent Term, Continuations, and Family Members

As of May 15, 2026, here is an analysis of US Patent 10,715,806 regarding its patent term adjustments (PTA), patent term extensions (PTE), continuation/divisional applications, related family members, and projected expiration date.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate patent applicants for certain delays by the USPTO during the prosecution of a patent application. These delays can include the USPTO failing to:

• Issue a first Office Action within 14 months of filing.
• Respond to an applicant's reply within four months.
• Issue a patent within four months of payment of the issue fee.
• Issue a patent within 36 months from the application's filing date.

However, any PTA can be reduced or eliminated if the applicant causes delays. Common applicant delays include responding to an Office Action more than three months after its mailing date.

The provided patent text for US10715806 does not explicitly state any awarded Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) in days. Typically, PTA information is noted on the front page of the patent. To get a definitive PTA, one would usually consult the USPTO's Patent Center or Open Data Portal, which require specific application numbers or API keys for direct access.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are available under the Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. § 156) for patents covering certain products like human drugs, medical devices, animal drugs, food additives, or color additives, to restore patent term lost during regulatory approval processes. A PTE can add up to five years to a patent's term. To be eligible, the product must have undergone a regulatory review period prior to commercial marketing, and its approval must be the first approval of such a product by the FDA.

US Patent 10715806, which relates to systems and methods for transcoding video data, does not appear to fall within the categories of products (e.g., human drugs, medical devices) eligible for Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Therefore, it is highly unlikely to have received any PTE.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

• Continuation Applications: A continuation application allows an applicant to pursue claims based on the same specification and drawings as a previously filed "parent" application. It shares the same priority date as the parent.
• Divisional Applications: A divisional application presents claims that were previously filed with the parent application but were required to be withdrawn or canceled due to restrictions by the USPTO. It also shares the same filing date as the parent.

US Patent 10715806 is explicitly identified as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/905,695, which itself was a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/841,943 (which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,906,785). These relationships indicate a direct lineage of continuation applications.

Related Family Members

The patent text explicitly lists the following related family members:

• US 9,906,785 B2: "Systems, methods, and media for transcoding video data according to encoding parameters indicated by received metadata" (Issued February 27, 2018; filed March 15, 2013). This is a direct ancestor patent.
• US 15/905,695: "Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data According to Encoding Parameters Indicated by Received Metadata" (Filed February 26, 2018). This is the immediate parent application to US10715806.
• US 16/896,967: "Systems, methods, and media for distributed transcoding video data" (Filed June 9, 2020). This is a continuation application of US10715806. [cite: US10715806B2]
• US 18/501,905: "Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data" (Filed November 3, 2023). This is a priority application of US10715806. [cite: US10715806B2]
• US 19/030,229: "Systems, Methods, and Media for Transcoding Video Data Using Metadata" (Filed January 17, 2025). This is a priority application of US10715806. [cite: US10715806B2]

Additionally, the Google Patents information for US10715806 lists other family applications, including US20190268596A1 (publication of US10715806B2), and US11849112B2 (grant of US16/896,967). [cite: US10715806B2]

Projected Expiration Date

The term of a U.S. utility patent generally extends 20 years from the earliest filing date of its non-provisional application, with any applicable Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) added. Provisional applications do not affect this calculation.

The earliest priority date for US10715806, as indicated in the patent document, is March 15, 2013, corresponding to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/841,943. [cite: US10715806B2]

Therefore, the anticipated expiration date, without considering any PTA, would be 20 years from March 15, 2013.

2013-03-15 (Earliest Priority Date) + 20 years = 2033-03-15.

The Google Patents listing for US10715806 corroborates this by stating an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2033-03-15. [cite: US10715806B2] This date assumes all maintenance fees are paid and no other events (like reexamination or terminal disclaimers) shorten the term.