Extensions — US Patent 11418466

Patent Term and Family Analysis for U.S. Patent 11,418,466

Date of Analysis: April 29, 2026

This analysis details the patent term, application history, and related family members for U.S. Patent 11,418,466 ("the '466 patent"), based on the provided patent documentation.

Projected Expiration Date

The projected expiration date for the '466 patent is October 16, 2032.

This date is calculated based on the standard 20-year term from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application in its family chain. The "Cross-Reference to Related Applications" section of the '466 patent indicates this chain traces back to U.S. application Ser. No. 13/653,119, which was filed on October 16, 2012. The 20-year term therefore ends on October 16, 2032.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The provided patent data indicates an "Adjusted expiration" date of October 16, 2032. As this date is identical to the calculated 20-year term expiration, it indicates that there were zero days of Patent Term Adjustment granted by the USPTO for examination delays.
Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Such extensions are typically granted for delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and are not applicable to the subject matter of this patent.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The '466 patent is part of a long and active chain of continuation applications.

Continuation History: The "Cross-Reference to Related Applications" section explicitly states that the application for the '466 patent (Ser. No. 17/740,526) is a continuation of a prior application. The full chain preceding this patent is:
- U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/627,714 (filed Oct. 17, 2011)
- U.S. Application No. 13/653,119 (filed Oct. 16, 2012), now U.S. Patent No. 9,106,599
- U.S. Application No. 14/814,337 (filed Jul. 30, 2015), now U.S. Patent No. 9,894,019
- U.S. Application No. 15/892,129 (filed Feb. 8, 2018), now U.S. Patent No. 10,841,253
- U.S. Application No. 17/036,709 (filed Sep. 29, 2020), now U.S. Patent No. 11,240,183
- U.S. Application No. 17/572,958 (filed Jan. 11, 2022), now U.S. Patent No. 11,349,787
Subsequent Continuation Applications: The patent family data shows that the assignee, Disintermediation Services Inc., has filed subsequent continuation applications that claim priority to this family, including:
- U.S. Application No. 17/868,970 (filed Jul. 20, 2022), now U.S. Patent No. 11,855,936
- U.S. Application No. 17/939,730 (filed Sep. 7, 2022), now U.S. Patent No. 11,855,937
- U.S. Application No. 18/225,987 (filed Jul. 25, 2023), now U.S. Patent No. 12,395,454
Divisional Applications: No divisional applications were identified within the '466 patent's prosecution history or its listed family members. All related applications are designated as continuations.

Patent Family Members

The '466 patent belongs to a large family of U.S. patents and at least one international publication, all sharing the same priority date of October 17, 2011. The known family members are identified under Family ID 48086743 in public databases.

U.S. Patents in Family:

International Family Members:

WO 2013/059199 A1