Extensions — US Patent 12112357

Based on my analysis of the provided information for US patent 12,112,357, here are the details regarding its prosecution history and family.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) / Extension (PTE): The provided documentation for US patent 12,112,357 does not indicate any specific grant of Patent Term Adjustment or Patent Term Extension.
Projected Expiration Date: The patent's term is calculated from the earliest non-provisional application in its priority chain. According to the "CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS" section, the earliest non-provisional filing was U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/027,191, filed on February 14, 2011. Therefore, the standard 20-year term results in a projected expiration date of February 14, 2031. This is consistent with the "Anticipated expiration" date listed in the patent data.

Continuation Applications: This patent is part of an extensive series of continuation applications. The "CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS" section explicitly states that the application for this patent (Ser. No. 18/423,160) is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/346,318 (now patent US 12,511,668). This chain of continuation applications extends back through more than ten predecessor applications to the original U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/304,331, filed on February 12, 2010.
Divisional Applications: Based on the provided patent text, there is no mention of any divisional applications related to US patent 12,112,357. The prosecution history appears to consist exclusively of a chain of continuation applications.
Related Family Members: US patent 12,112,357 belongs to a large patent family (Family ID 44370394) that shares the same priority date of February 12, 2010. This family includes numerous granted patents, such as:

This extensive family indicates a long-term strategy of protecting various aspects of the core invention through continuing applications.