Extensions

Term, Continuation, and Family Analysis for U.S. Patent No. 12,018,906

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) and Extension (PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The provided patent data does not explicitly state a number of PTA days granted. However, the patent's filing date is listed as October 23, 2023, and the "Anticipated expiration" is listed as October 23, 2043. This is exactly 20 years from the filing date, which strongly indicates that no PTA was granted. PTA is typically awarded to compensate for administrative delays by the USPTO during the patent prosecution process.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) for this patent. PTE is not applicable here, as it is generally used to compensate for delays caused by pre-market regulatory review, such as for pharmaceuticals, which does not apply to this technology.

Continuity and Divisional Applications

• Continuation-in-Part Application: The patent data shows that U.S. Patent No. 12,018,906 has one "Related Child Application," which is a continuation-in-part (CIP).
  • Application Number: US 18/669,297
  • Filing Date: May 20, 2024
  • Status: This application has published as US 2026/0009613 A1.
• Divisional Applications: No divisional applications related to this patent are listed in the provided documentation.

Related Family Members

The patent family is linked by a common priority claim to a provisional application filed on October 27, 2022.

• Priority Application:

  • U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/419,776: Filed on October 27, 2022. This is the earliest priority document for the entire family.

• Non-Provisional Applications Claiming Priority:

  1. U.S. Application No. 18/382,845: This is the application that matured into the patent in question, US 12,018,906 B2. It was filed on October 23, 2023.
  2. U.S. Application No. 18/669,297: This is the continuation-in-part application mentioned above, filed on May 20, 2024.
  3. U.S. Application No. 19/356,383: This application was filed on October 13, 2025, and has been published as US 2026/0036386 A1.

Projected Expiration Date

The anticipated expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 12,018,906 is October 23, 2043.

This date is calculated as 20 years from the non-provisional filing date of October 23, 2023. This expiration is contingent upon the timely payment of all required maintenance fees and assumes the patent is not invalidated or has its term disclaimed for any reason as a result of the ongoing litigation.