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US Patent 10928796, titled "Induction trash can circuit standby power-saving method," was issued on February 23, 2021, from an application filed on July 17, 2017.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. It adds to the statutory 20-year term from the earliest priority filing date. Specific delays that may lead to PTA include the USPTO failing to:

• Issue an office action within 14 months of the application filing.
• Respond to a reply or appeal within four months.
• Act on an application within four months after a decision by the PTAB or a federal court.
• Issue a patent within four months after payment of an issue fee.
• Issue a patent within 36 months from the filing date of an application.

Applicant delays, such as responding to an office action more than three months after notification, can reduce any accrued PTA.

The current patent information available does not specify the exact amount of PTA granted for US10928796. To determine the precise PTA, one would need to access the patent's prosecution history through USPTO systems.

Patent Term Extension (PTE)

Patent Term Extension (PTE) is awarded to compensate for delays incurred in obtaining regulatory approval on a patented product or methods of manufacturing or using the product. This typically applies to patents covering pharmaceutical products, medical devices, or other products requiring pre-market approval from agencies like the FDA. Given that US10928796 relates to an induction trash can circuit, it is highly unlikely to have been granted any Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The provided patent text and search results indicate that US10928796 is part of a patent family. The "Applications Claiming Priority" section lists the following:

• CN201710223843.1 (and CN106886182A): Priority date 2017-04-07, filing date 2017-04-07.
• PCT/CN2017/093119 (and WO2018184317A1): Priority date 2017-04-07, filing date 2017-07-17.

The application for US10928796 (US16/315,652) was filed on 2017-07-17 and claims priority from the 2017-04-07 prior art date. This suggests US10928796 is a national stage entry of the PCT application or a related application claiming priority to the earlier Chinese application.

The provided information does not explicitly state whether US10928796 itself is a continuation or divisional application of an earlier US application. However, its filing date of July 17, 2017, and the priority date of April 7, 2017, indicate it claims benefit of an earlier-filed application.

Related Family Members

The patent family includes:

• US20190250579A1 (Publication date: 2019-08-15). This is an earlier publication of the same application that matured into US10928796.
• WO2018184317A1 (Publication date: 2018-10-11). This is the PCT international publication.
• CN106886182A (Publication date: 2017-06-23). This is the Chinese patent application that serves as the priority document.

Projected Expiration Date

The term of a US utility patent (other than a design patent) begins on the date the patent issues and ends 20 years from the date on which the application for the patent was filed in the United States, or, if it claims priority to an earlier application, 20 years from the filing date of the earliest such application.

For US10928796:

• Earliest Priority Date: 2017-04-07 (from CN201710223843.1 and PCT/CN2017/093119).
• Statutory 20-year Term End Date (without adjustments): April 7, 2037.

The patent status is listed as "Active - Reinstated" and explicitly states an "Adjusted expiration" date of 2037-09-01. This adjusted expiration date already incorporates any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that was granted. The USPTO does not calculate expiration dates for patents; however, they provide a calculator and guidance. The presence of an "Adjusted expiration" date indicates that any PTA has been factored in.

Therefore, the projected expiration date for US10928796 is September 1, 2037.