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US Patent 11740801, titled "Cooperative flash management of storage device subdivisions," has the following characteristics:

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Patent Term Extensions (PTE):

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): PTA is granted to compensate applicants for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. The USPTO automatically determines the PTA period and issues a notice of determination on or before the patent issuance date. Applicants can request reconsideration of the PTA within two months of issuance, with a possible five-month extension.
  • For US11740801, the Google Patents record indicates an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2033-02-14. This date is likely to include any granted PTA, as PTA extends the patent's term beyond the standard 20 years from the earliest filing date. To confirm the exact PTA applied, one would typically need to consult the patent's issue notification from the USPTO.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): PTE is awarded to compensate for delays in obtaining regulatory approval on a patented product, primarily in the pharmaceutical context.
  • Given the technical nature of US11740801, which relates to storage systems and flash memory management, it is highly unlikely to be eligible for a Patent Term Extension (PTE), as PTE is generally reserved for patents covering pharmaceutical products that undergo a lengthy FDA approval process.

Continuation Applications:
A continuation application is a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and filed before the patenting or abandonment of or termination of proceedings on the first application. These applications claim the benefit of the filing date of the earlier application. The Google Patents entry for US11740801 lists several priority claims, which indicate its relationship to earlier applications in the same patent family:

• Priority claimed from US13/767,723 on 2013-02-14. This application corresponds to US9652376B2.
• Priority claimed from US14/047,193 on 2013-10-07. This application corresponds to US9229854B1.
• Priority claimed from US14/848,273 on 2015-09-08. This application corresponds to US10642505B1.
• Priority to US17/568,891 on 2022-01-05. This is the application number for US11740801B1 itself, indicating it claims priority to its own filing date.
• Priority to US18/218,257 on 2023-07-05. This application corresponds to US12093533B1.
• Priority to US18/809,046 on 2024-08-19. This application corresponds to US12461655B1.

The presence of these priority claims suggests that US11740801 is a continuation or a continuation-in-part of these earlier applications, maintaining a chain of priority back to the earliest filing date. Without access to the complete application history from the USPTO Public Pair or Patent Center, it is not possible to definitively state whether it is a continuation or a continuation-in-part without examining the specific claims and disclosures relative to the parent applications.

Divisional Applications:
A divisional application is a type of continuing application that is filed when the USPTO requires an applicant to restrict claims to one of two or more independent and distinct inventions originally claimed in a single application. If filed correctly, a divisional application benefits from the filing date of the original application and is protected from nonstatutory double patenting rejections by the original patent. The provided information does not explicitly state whether US11740801 is a divisional application. However, as it claims priority from earlier applications, it could potentially be a divisional if a restriction requirement was made in a parent application.

Related Family Members:
Based on the priority claims listed in the Google Patents record, the related family members for US11740801 include:

• US9652376B2
• US9229854B1
• US10642505B1
• US12093533B1
• US12461655B1

These patents share a common priority date or are part of the same lineage of applications.

Projected Expiration Date:
The Google Patents record for US11740801 states an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2033-02-14. This date is calculated as 20 years from the earliest priority date of 2013-02-14 (from US13/767,723), plus any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that may have been granted for delays in prosecution by the USPTO.