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U.S. Patent 11,589,880: Term, Family, and Continuation Data

Based on a review of official records from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the following details pertain to the legal status and history of U.S. Patent No. 11,589,880.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): There has been no Patent Term Adjustment granted for this patent. The USPTO's calculation indicates 0 days of adjustment.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no record of any Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156, which typically compensates for regulatory review delays (e.g., by the FDA).
• Projected Expiration Date: The term of a U.S. patent is twenty years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. non-provisional application to which it claims priority.
  • The application for this patent (No. 16/458,529, filed July 1, 2019) is a continuation of a chain of earlier applications.
  • The earliest non-provisional application in this chain is U.S. Application No. 12/187,121, which was filed on August 6, 2008.
  • Therefore, the 20-year term is calculated from this earliest filing date.
  • The projected expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 11,589,880 is August 6, 2028. This date does not account for any terminal disclaimers and assumes all required maintenance fees are paid on time.

Continuity and Family Data

U.S. Patent 11,589,880 is part of a large family of patents and applications stemming from a provisional application filed in 2007. The direct lineage leading to the '880 patent is detailed below.

• Application Number: 16/458,529 (filed July 1, 2019)

This application is a continuation of:

• Application No. 15/194,990 (filed June 28, 2016), now U.S. Patent No. 10,383,983.

Which is a continuation of:

• Application No. 14/250,486 (filed April 11, 2014), now U.S. Patent No. 9,402,938.

Which is a continuation of:

• Application No. 13/084,675 (filed April 12, 2011), now U.S. Patent No. 8,734,374.

Which is a continuation-in-part of:

• Application No. 12/187,121 (filed August 6, 2008), now U.S. Patent No. 8,075,510.

Which claims the benefit of:

• U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/015,301 (filed December 20, 2007).

Divisional Applications:
No divisional applications have been filed directly from the application that issued as the '880 patent.

Related Family Members:
The extensive patent family includes numerous other U.S. and international patents and applications that claim priority to the same provisional application or are otherwise related through continuation or divisional filings. The core inventive concept is protected across multiple jurisdictions.