Extensions

US Patent 11049248 has a publication number US11049248B2, and the application number is US16/030,137. The filing date was July 9, 2018, and the publication date was June 29, 2021.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) can extend a patent's term to compensate for certain delays caused by the USPTO during the examination process. These delays include, but are not limited to, failing to issue a first office action or notice of allowance within 14 months of filing, failing to act within four months of an applicant's reply, or failing to issue the patent within four months of the issue fee payment. Any such extension can be reduced by applicant-caused delays. Since the patent was filed on July 9, 2018, it is eligible for PTA. The Google Patents information states an "Adjusted expiration" date of December 20, 2038, which implies that PTA was applied to the patent.

Patent Term Extension (PTE)

Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available for patents covering drug products, medical devices, food additives, or color additives to compensate for delays during regulatory review and approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) or Department of Agriculture. The maximum length of a PTE is five years. US Patent 11049248 relates to methods for analyzing dental arch images, primarily for orthodontic treatment and monitoring. This patent does not appear to be for a drug product, medical device, food additive, or color additive that would undergo FDA regulatory review. Therefore, it is unlikely to be eligible for PTE.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The information provided does not explicitly detail any continuation or divisional applications directly stemming from US11049248. However, the Google Patents page lists "Other versions" including US20190026893A1 and priorities to US17/327,541, US18/371,950, US18/380,516, and US19/310,179, which could indicate related applications such as continuations or divisionals, or simply other patents in the same family. To confirm the specific nature of these relationships (e.g., continuation, divisional, CIP), further examination of the USPTO's PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) system would be necessary.

Related Family Members

Based on the Google Patents information, the following are listed as "Other versions" or related applications:

• US20190026893A1 (a publication of the same application as US11049248)
• US17/327,541
• US18/371,950
• US18/380,516
• US19/310,179

These patent numbers (US17/327,541, US18/371,950, US18/380,516, US19/310,179) are referred to as "priority to" the '248 patent, suggesting they are later-filed applications that claim priority from US11049248, or vice-versa, depending on their filing dates relative to the parent application of the '248 patent. These could be continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part applications.

Projected Expiration Date

The "Adjusted expiration" date listed on Google Patents for US11049248B2 is December 20, 2038. This date already accounts for any Patent Term Adjustment granted by the USPTO. The standard patent term is 20 years from the earliest filing date. Since the filing date was July 9, 2018, the standard expiration date would be July 9, 2038. The adjusted expiration date of December 20, 2038, indicates that approximately 5 months and 11 days of Patent Term Adjustment have been added.