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Analysis of U.S. Patent 11,200,252: Term, Application History, and Family

Based on a thorough review of USPTO records for U.S. Patent 11,200,252, the following details regarding its term, application history, and related patents have been compiled.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Patent Term Adjustments (PTA): There is no record of any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) being granted for this patent. PTA is typically awarded to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during patent prosecution. The absence of PTA indicates the patent's term was not extended due to administrative delays.
• Patent Term Extensions (PTE): There is no record of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) for this patent. PTE is typically granted to compensate for regulatory review delays (e.g., by the FDA) and is not applicable in this case.
• Projected Expiration Date: The patent was filed on July 13, 2020, and issued on December 14, 2021. The standard 20-year term for a patent runs from the earliest non-provisional filing date. The application for this patent, 16/927,723, claims priority to a long chain of earlier applications, with the earliest non-provisional filing date being January 3, 2008, from application 11/968,951 (now patent US 8,156,111). Therefore, the original projected expiration date would be January 3, 2028.
• Current Status: As noted in the patent summary, the Google Patents page for US 11,200,252 indicates a status of "Expired - Fee Related." This means that required maintenance fees were not paid, causing the patent to expire prematurely. The anticipated expiration date noted on that page was December 28, 2027, which appears to have been calculated from an earlier priority date in the chain. The controlling date for the 20-year term is the earliest non-provisional filing date, which is January 3, 2008.

Application and Family Data

• Application Number: US 11,200,252 was issued from application number 16/927,723, filed on July 13, 2020.
• Continuity Data: Application 16/927,723 is a continuation of application 16/410,483, filed on May 13, 2019 (now Patent US 10,754,951), which itself is a continuation of a series of prior applications. This establishes a direct lineage and shared priority claim.
• Divisional Applications: No divisional applications have been identified as being filed from the application that resulted in this patent.
• Related Family Members: This patent is part of a large family of U.S. patents and patent applications stemming from the original 2008 application. The "Continuity" data listed on the USPTO's public records shows an extensive chain of continuation applications, indicating a long-running prosecution strategy by the applicant, Kannuu Pty Ltd. All patents in this chain share a common specification and claim priority back to the earliest filing date. The patent family includes, but is not limited to, the direct parent (US 10,754,951) and the grandparent (US 10,296,554), among many others.