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Analysis of U.S. Patent 11,929,073: Term, Continuation, and Family Status

Analysis Date: May 8, 2026

Here is a detailed breakdown of the patent term, application history, and related family members for U.S. Patent 11,929,073.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): There is no record of any Patent Term Adjustment granted for this patent. PTA is typically awarded to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the patent examination process. The absence of PTA suggests the application was processed within the standard statutory timeframes.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no record of any Patent Term Extension for this patent. PTE is a separate mechanism, usually to compensate for regulatory review delays (e.g., by the FDA) and is not applicable here.

Application and Family Details

• Continuation Application: U.S. Patent 11,929,073, which issued from application U.S. 17/958,663, is a continuation of a prior application.

  • Parent Application: The direct parent application is U.S. 16/830,638 (now issued as U.S. Patent 11,462,216). This means the '073 patent shares the same specification as its parent but has a new set of claims that were filed to pursue protection for different aspects of the invention.

• Divisional Applications: There is no record of any divisional applications filed from either the application for the '073 patent or its parent application. A divisional application would have been used if the original application was found to contain more than one distinct invention.

• Patent Family Members: This patent is part of a family of applications that claim priority to the same initial filing.

  • Earliest Priority Date: The family's earliest priority date is March 28, 2019, based on the filing of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62/825,391.
  • Family Members:
    • U.S. Patent 11,929,073: The patent in question.
    • U.S. Patent 11,462,216: The parent patent.
    • U.S. Publication No. 2023/0169971 A1: The published application for the '073 patent.
    • U.S. Publication No. 2020/0312324 A1: The published application for the parent '216 patent.

Projected Expiration Date

The term of a U.S. patent is generally 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. non-provisional application to which it claims priority.

• Earliest Non-Provisional Filing Date: The parent application (U.S. 16/830,638) was filed on March 26, 2020.
• Calculation: March 26, 2020 + 20 years.
• Projected Expiration: The projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 11,929,073 is March 26, 2040.

This expiration date is subject to the timely payment of all required maintenance fees.