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US Patent 11500496 was issued on November 15, 2022, from an application filed on January 14, 2020. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]

Here's an analysis of its term and related applications:

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA):
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate for certain administrative delays by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. These delays can include the USPTO failing to issue an office action within 14 months of filing, responding to a reply within four months, or issuing a patent within 36 months of filing, among others. The USPTO automatically calculates the PTA and includes it in the Issue Notification Letter. Without direct access to the patent's prosecution history or the Issue Notification Letter, the specific PTA granted for US11500496 cannot be determined.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE):
Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available under the Hatch-Waxman Act (35 U.S.C. § 156) for patents claiming products (such as human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, food additives, color additives, and medical devices) that require regulatory approval prior to being sold. The purpose of PTE is to restore a portion of the patent term lost during this regulatory review. The maximum extension is five years, and the total post-approval patent life cannot exceed 14 years from the date of marketing approval. Since US11500496 pertains to a "Display device" and not a product requiring regulatory approval from agencies like the FDA, it is not eligible for Patent Term Extension.

Continuation Applications:
US11500496B2 is explicitly identified as a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/660,827, filed July 26, 2017. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
Other related continuation applications in the same family are:

• US18/055,275, filed November 14, 2022. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.] This application resulted in US11861117B2. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
• US18/400,641, filed December 29, 2023. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.] This application resulted in US20240231545A9. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]

Divisional Applications:
A divisional application is filed when an examiner determines that a patent application contains more than one patentable invention, and the applicant chooses to pursue the non-elected invention(s) in a separate application. The provided patent text does not explicitly mention any divisional applications stemming directly from US11500496 or its parent application.

Related Family Members:
The patent family (ID=59409274) includes the following applications related to US11500496B2: [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]

• US15/660,827 (parent application), filed July 26, 2017, which resulted in US10541279B2. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
• US16/742,230, filed January 14, 2020, which resulted in US11500496B2. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
• US18/055,275, filed November 14, 2022, which resulted in US11861117B2. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
• US18/400,641, filed December 29, 2023, which resulted in US20240231545A9. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]
• Korean Patent Application No. 10-2016-0097493, filed July 29, 2016, which is the priority application for US15/660,827. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.]

Projected Expiration Date:
The anticipated expiration date listed in the patent text for US11500496B2 is 2037-07-26. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.] This date is 20 years from the filing date of its parent application, US15/660,827 (July 26, 2017), plus any applicable Patent Term Adjustment. [cite: The full patent text is provided in the prompt.] Without the specific PTA calculation, we cannot verify this date precisely, but it is consistent with the standard 20-year term from the earliest priority date in the chain, adjusted for USPTO delays.