Extensions

US Patent 10735320, titled "Application wire," was issued on August 4, 2020, from an application filed on August 8, 2019.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Based on the information available, US Patent 10735320 is eligible for Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) because its application was filed on or after May 29, 2000. PTA compensates patentees for certain delays incurred during the patent prosecution process by the USPTO. These delays can include the USPTO failing to:

• Issue a first Official Action or notice of allowance within 14 months of filing.
• Issue an action within four months of an applicant's response.
• Issue the patent within four months of paying the issue fee.
• Issue a patent within three years of the actual filing date.

The overall extension is calculated by adding these delays, but it can be reduced if delays are caused by the applicant's actions, such as taking more than three months to reply to a USPTO notice or action.

There is no information in the provided text to indicate that US Patent 10735320 has received or is eligible for Patent Term Extension (PTE). PTE typically applies to patents covering pharmaceutical products to compensate for delays in FDA approval processes and is limited to a single patent for up to five years.

Continuation Applications

US Patent 10735320 is explicitly identified as a continuation of several earlier U.S. patent applications, all titled "Application Wire" and claiming priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/725,038, filed October 7, 2005. Specifically, it is a continuation of:

• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/838,014, filed December 11, 2017.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/919,687, filed October 21, 2015.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/055,721, filed October 16, 2013.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/543,727, filed October 5, 2006.

Continuation applications allow an applicant to pursue additional claims to an invention disclosed in the parent application, using the same specification and claiming the same priority date. They are often filed when an examiner allows some claims but rejects others, or when an applicant wishes to explore different embodiments.

Divisional Applications

The patent information provided does not explicitly mention any divisional applications for US Patent 10735320. A divisional application is filed when a parent application contains more than one distinct invention, often as a result of a restriction requirement from the examiner, and generally has the same specification and priority date as the parent, but a different set of claims.

Related Family Members

The patent explicitly lists several other U.S. patent applications and patents in its "Related U.S. Application Data" section, which are considered family members. These include:

• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/725,038, filed October 7, 2005 (priority application).
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11/543,727, filed October 5, 2006, which resulted in US8588061B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/055,721, filed October 16, 2013, which resulted in US9197675B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/919,687, filed October 21, 2015, which resulted in US9843509B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/838,014, filed December 11, 2017, which resulted in US10411999B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/912,546, filed June 25, 2020, which resulted in US11128567B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/406,865, filed August 19, 2021, which resulted in US12095664B2.
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/631,630, filed April 10, 2024, which resulted in US12425323B2.

Additionally, US20190363980A1 is listed as another version, indicating a related publication. WO2007044584A2 and WO2007044584A3 are also listed as related international publications.

Projected Expiration Date

For utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term generally expires 20 years from the earliest filing date of the application in its family.

The earliest priority date for US Patent 10735320 is October 7, 2005, based on U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/725,038. Therefore, the anticipated expiration date, without considering any Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) or extensions, would be 20 years from this priority date.

2005-10-07 (Priority Date) + 20 years = 2025-10-07.

However, the Google Patents page for US10735320 explicitly states an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2026-10-05. This indicates that Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) has been applied, extending the term by approximately one year (from October 7, 2025, to October 5, 2026).

The USPTO does not calculate expiration dates for patents but provides resources to help estimate them, including a patent term calculator. The listed "Anticipated expiration" date of 2026-10-05 on Google Patents is likely a calculation that includes any awarded PTA.