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Term, Continuations, and Family for US 11,653,183

Based on a review of the patent's file history and related applications as of May 13, 2026, the following details pertain to the term and lineage of US Patent 11,653,183.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) / Extensions (PTE)

A review of the USPTO's public records for US Patent 11,653,183 indicates no Patent Term Adjustments or Patent Term Extensions have been granted. The application was filed on October 4, 2022, and issued on May 16, 2023, a period well within the standard three-year pendency which might otherwise trigger PTA for USPTO-caused delays.

Continuations and Divisionals

US Patent 11,653,183 is part of a long chain of continuation applications. This specific patent is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/872,378 (now US Patent 11,533,587), which itself is a continuation of a preceding application.

The family tree demonstrates a classic continuation strategy, where a patent owner files subsequent applications that claim priority to an earlier parent application. This allows for the pursuit of claims of varying scope and focus based on the original disclosure.

The direct lineage leading to the '183 patent is as follows, starting from the earliest parent in this chain:

• Application Ser. No. 12/452,883 (Issued as US Pat. No. 8,401,576)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 13/762,347 (Issued as US Pat. No. 8,918,127)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 14/307,166 (Abandoned)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 15/011,000 (Abandoned)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 15/966,965 (Abandoned)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 16/714,113 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,089,450)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 16/897,161 (Issued as US Pat. No. 10,893,395)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/131,103 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,044,584)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/228,210 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,218,847)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/348,348 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,432,115)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/717,720 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,425,541)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/740,919 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,445,338)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/872,378 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,533,587)
• Continuation: Ser. No. 17/959,697 (This patent, US 11,653,183)

There are no divisional applications noted for this patent.

Patent Family and Priority

The '183 patent claims priority to a long line of US applications, ultimately tracing back to Australian Patent Application No. 2007903979, filed on July 24, 2007. This is the earliest priority date for the entire patent family.

Subsequent applications have been filed claiming priority to the '183 patent, including:

• Ser. No. 18/100,273 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,812,345)
• Ser. No. 18/143,387 (Issued as US Pat. No. 11,991,600)

Projected Expiration Date

The term of a US patent is generally 20 years from the filing date of the earliest US non-provisional application to which it claims priority. In this case, the first non-provisional application in the chain is Ser. No. 12/452,883, which was the US national stage entry of an international application (PCT/AU2008/001043) filed on July 18, 2008.

Therefore, the 20-year term is calculated from this PCT filing date.

• Earliest Priority (International Application): July 18, 2008
• 20-Year Term from Priority: July 18, 2028

Given that there are no Patent Term Adjustments or Extensions, the projected expiration date for US Patent 11,653,183 is July 18, 2028.