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Patent Term and Genealogy of U.S. Patent 11,349,787

This analysis details the patent term, application history, and related family members for U.S. Patent 11,349,787, based on its prosecution history and official records as of April 28, 2026.

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Projected Expiration Date

The projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 11,349,787 is October 16, 2032.

A U.S. patent's term is typically 20 years from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application in its family. The "CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS" section of the '787 patent specification confirms that its earliest non-provisional parent application is U.S. Application No. 13/653,119, which was filed on October 16, 2012. The projected expiration date is calculated from this date.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) and Patent Term Extension (PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The listed "Adjusted expiration" date of October 16, 2032, corresponds exactly to the 20-year term from the earliest non-provisional filing date. This indicates that there were no significant delays during the patent's prosecution that would have resulted in a grant of Patent Term Adjustment.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication that the patent has been granted any Patent Term Extension. PTE is typically associated with delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and is not applicable to the technology described in this patent.

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Continuation and Divisional Applications

U.S. Patent 11,349,787 is part of a long chain of continuation applications, which all claim priority to the same original provisional and non-provisional applications. No divisional applications are mentioned in the prosecution history.

The direct lineage of the '787 patent is as follows, starting from the earliest application:

1. U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/627,714: Filed October 17, 2011.
2. U.S. Application No. 13/653,119: Filed October 16, 2012 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,106,599). This is the earliest non-provisional application from which the patent term is calculated.
3. Continuation - U.S. Application No. 14/814,337: Filed July 30, 2015 (now U.S. Patent No. 9,894,019).
4. Continuation - U.S. Application No. 15/892,129: Filed February 8, 2018 (now U.S. Patent No. 10,841,253).
5. Continuation - U.S. Application No. 17/036,709: Filed September 29, 2020 (now U.S. Patent No. 11,240,183).
6. Continuation - U.S. Application No. 17/572,958: Filed January 11, 2022 (the application that matured into the subject U.S. Patent No. 11,349,787).

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Related Patent Family Members

The patent family for U.S. Patent 11,349,787 is extensive and includes multiple granted patents and pending applications, all sharing the same priority date of October 17, 2011. This demonstrates a strategic approach by the assignee to build a broad portfolio around the core invention. The known family members are listed below.

Patent/Application Number	Filing Date	Status / Notes
US 9,106,599 B2	October 16, 2012	Granted (Original Parent Patent)
US 9,894,019 B2	July 30, 2015	Granted (Continuation)
US 10,841,253 B2	February 8, 2018	Granted (Continuation)
US 11,240,183 B2	September 29, 2020	Granted (Continuation)
US 11,336,597 B1	January 11, 2022	Granted
US 11,349,787 B2	January 11, 2022	Subject Patent (Granted, Continuation)
US 11,418,466 B1	May 10, 2022	Granted (Continuation)
US 11,855,936 B2	July 20, 2022	Granted (Continuation)
US 11,855,937 B2	September 7, 2022	Granted (Continuation)
US 12,395,454 B2	July 25, 2023	Granted (Continuation)