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Patent Term and Family Status

Based on a review of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records for U.S. Patent No. 10,769,446 ('446 patent), the following information details its term, related applications, and family history.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) / Extension (PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The '446 patent was granted a Patent Term Adjustment of 0 days. The USPTO determined that there were no administrative delays during the prosecution of this application that would warrant an extension of the patent term.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) being sought or granted for this patent. PTE is typically associated with delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and medical devices and is not applicable here.

Projected Expiration Date

The '446 patent is a continuation of a series of applications that claim priority back to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/946,143, filed on February 28, 2014. The 20-year term of a patent is calculated from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application in its family chain. In this case, that date is February 27, 2015, from U.S. Patent Application No. 14/634,070 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,984,249).

• Earliest Non-Provisional Filing Date: February 27, 2015
• Standard 20-Year Term: Expires February 27, 2035
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): + 0 days

The projected expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 10,769,446 is February 27, 2035.

Continuity and Family Data

This patent is part of a larger family of applications, indicating a strategy to build a comprehensive portfolio around this technology.

Continuation History:

U.S. Patent No. 10,769,446, which issued from application 16/795,834, is part of a chain of "continuing applications." This means it shares the same core specification as its parent applications but typically claims different aspects of the invention.

• This application (16/795,834) is a continuation of:
  • U.S. Application No. 16/675,799, filed November 6, 2019 (now U.S. Patent No. 10,713,494)
• Which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. Application No. 15/586,379, filed May 4, 2017 (now U.S. Patent No. 10,521,671)
• Which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. Application No. 14/634,070, filed February 27, 2015 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,984,249)
• Which claims priority to:
  • U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/946,143, filed February 28, 2014.

Divisional Applications:

There are no divisional applications directly related to application 16/795,834 noted in the USPTO records.

Patent Family Summary:

The core invention is protected by a family of U.S. patents stemming from the original 2015 non-provisional application. This family includes at least:

• U.S. Patent No. 9,984,249
• U.S. Patent No. 10,521,671
• U.S. Patent No. 10,713,494
• U.S. Patent No. 10,769,446 (the patent in question)
• U.S. Patent No. 11,120,271 (Continuation of '446)
• U.S. Patent No. 11,373,405 (Continuation of '446)
• U.S. Patent No. 11,861,906 (Continuation of '446)
• U.S. Patent No. 12,394,201 (Continuation of '446)
• U.S. Patent No. 12,190,585 (Continuation of '446)

This extensive family of patents indicates a deliberate strategy to protect various aspects and improvements of the core technology related to analyzing video and overlaying augmentations.