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Term, Adjustments, and Patent Family for U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2

As of May 8, 2026, the following information details the term, continuity data, and projected expiration of U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2.

Patent Term and Adjustments

A standard U.S. patent term is 20 years from the earliest effective, non-provisional filing date. The patent office may grant a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of the patent.

For U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2:

• Earliest Priority Date: April 30, 2004 (from provisional application No. 60/566,831)
• Filing Date of this Application: May 18, 2020 (Application No. 16/876,579)
• Issue Date: October 11, 2022
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): Based on the official file wrapper, this patent was granted 0 days of Patent Term Adjustment. The USPTO's calculation determined there were no prosecution delays attributable to the office that would warrant an extension of the patent's term.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156, which typically applies to delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and is not relevant to this technology.

Projected Expiration Date

The term of this patent is calculated from the filing date of the earliest non-provisional application in its family chain to which it claims priority, which is U.S. Application No. 11/116,783, filed on April 28, 2005.

• Earliest Non-Provisional Filing Date: April 28, 2005
• Standard 20-Year Term: April 28, 2025
• PTA: 0 days

Therefore, the projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2 is April 28, 2025. The "Expired - Lifetime" status noted on some public patent databases reflects this calculation, indicating it will expire at the end of its full statutory term derived from its 2005 parent application.

Continuity and Patent Family

U.S. Patent 11,470,138 B2 is part of a large family of patents and applications stemming from a provisional application filed in 2004. This patent is a continuation of several prior applications, inheriting their earlier priority dates.

The direct lineage for this patent is as follows:

• This Patent (US 11,470,138 B2): Filed May 18, 2020, as a continuation of:
  • Application No. 16/004,056 (Now abandoned), filed June 8, 2018, which is a continuation of:
    • Application No. 15/414,025 (Now U.S. Patent No. 9,998,516), filed January 24, 2017, which is a continuation of:
      • Application No. 14/719,122 (Now abandoned), filed May 21, 2015, which is a continuation of:
        • Application No. 14/106,051 (Now U.S. Patent No. 9,071,668), filed December 13, 2013, which is a continuation of:
          • Application No. 13/617,114 (Now U.S. Patent No. 8,612,624), filed September 14, 2012, which is a continuation of:
            • Application No. 12/906,940 (Now U.S. Patent No. 8,402,156), filed October 18, 2010, which is a continuation of:
              • Application No. 11/673,483 (Now U.S. Patent No. 7,818,444), filed February 9, 2007, which is a continuation-in-part of:
                • Application No. 11/116,783 (Now U.S. Patent No. 8,868,772), filed April 28, 2005, which claims the benefit of:
                  • U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/566,831, filed April 30, 2004.

This extensive chain of continuation applications establishes the early priority date for the invention claimed in the '138 patent and is a common strategy used to pursue claims of varying scope over a long period. Other continuation and divisional applications have been filed from this same family, creating a broad portfolio of related patents asserted by Dish Technologies LLC.