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Patent Term and Continuation History

This analysis details the prosecution history, related patent family, and term data for US patent 12,016,408.

Patent Term Adjustments and Extensions (PTA/PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The provided documentation does not specify the number of PTA days granted by the USPTO for examination delays. A detailed review of the file wrapper on the USPTO's Patent Center database would be required to determine the exact PTA.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication that this patent is eligible for or has been granted a Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156. PTE is typically reserved for patents covering products that undergo a lengthy pre-market regulatory review, such as pharmaceuticals or medical devices, which does not apply to this invention.

Prosecution History and Family Members

US patent 12,016,408 is part of a larger family of applications linked through a series of continuations, all claiming priority to a provisional application filed in 2015. The relationship is detailed in the "RELATED APPLICATIONS" section of the patent text.

The lineage is as follows:

• Provisional Application: The priority chain originates with U.S. provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 62/147,437, filed on April 14, 2015.

• Earliest Non-Provisional Parent Application: The first non-provisional application, which sets the 20-year term, is U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/093,464, filed on April 7, 2016 (now issued as US Patent 10,080,394).

• Parent Applications:

  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/133,136, filed September 17, 2018 (now US Patent 10,681,946).
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/880,873, filed May 21, 2020 (now US Patent 11,627,771). This is the direct parent of the application that led to patent '408.

• Subject Patent: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/193,102, filed March 30, 2023, which issued as US Patent 12,016,408 on June 25, 2024.

• Continuation (Child) Application: A subsequent continuation application, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/736,294, was filed on June 6, 2024. This application is currently pending.

There are no divisional applications noted in the patent's history.

Projected Expiration Date

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

• Earliest Non-Provisional Filing Date: April 7, 2016 (from application Ser. No. 15/093,464).
• Base Term Calculation: April 7, 2016 + 20 years.

Based on this calculation, the projected expiration date for US Patent 12,016,408 is April 7, 2036. This date does not account for any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that may have been granted, nor is it affected by any terminal disclaimers, of which there are no records in the provided information. The "Anticipated expiration" date listed in the patent data, 2036-04-07, confirms this calculation.