Patent 12131357

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Patent term adjustments, term extensions, continuations, divisionals, family members, and expiration dates.

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Extensions

Patent term adjustments, term extensions, continuations, divisionals, family members, and expiration dates.

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US Patent 12131357, titled "Mobile device streaming media application," was filed on January 25, 2024, and issued on October 29, 2024. As a technical patent analyst, I've gathered the following details regarding its term and related applications:

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) extends the term of a patent to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the patent examination process. For US12131357, the official notification of PTA calculation would have been included in the Issue Notification Letter mailed to the applicant approximately three weeks prior to the patent's issuance.

To determine the specific PTA for US12131357, one would typically review the issued patent document or access the patent's file wrapper via USPTO's Patent Center. As of the current date (April 26, 2026), I don't have access to the specific PTA amount granted to US12131357. However, the calculation of PTA is based on specific types of delays:

  • A-delays: Occur when the USPTO fails to take certain actions within specific timeframes (e.g., first office action within 14 months of filing).
  • B-delays: Occur when the USPTO fails to issue a patent within three years of the application filing date.
  • C-delays: Involve delays due to interference, secrecy orders, or appeals.

Reductions in PTA can occur if the applicant does not respond to USPTO communications within three months or causes other delays.

Patent Term Extension (PTE)

Patent Term Extension (PTE) is a provision that allows for the extension of a patent's term for certain human drugs, food or color additives, medical devices, animal drugs, and veterinary biological products to restore time lost during premarket government approval from a regulatory agency like the FDA.

Given the title "Mobile device streaming media application" and the nature of the claims (focused on software and media delivery), US Patent 12131357 is highly unlikely to be eligible for Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156, as it does not appear to relate to products requiring regulatory review by agencies such as the FDA or Department of Agriculture. Only one patent can be extended for a regulatory review period for any product, and the maximum extension is five years, with the total patent life not exceeding 14 years from the date of FDA approval.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The provided patent text states that US12131357B2 is a continuation of a series of applications, ultimately tracing back to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/304,331, filed on February 12, 2010. The chain of continuation applications is as follows:

  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 18/346,318, filed Jul. 3, 2023, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/705,331, filed Mar. 27, 2022, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 17/384,911, filed Jul. 26, 2021, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/812,495, filed Mar. 9, 2020, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/790,953, filed Feb. 14, 2020, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/157,269, filed Oct. 11, 2018, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/273,335, filed Sep. 22, 2016, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/041,422, filed Feb. 11, 2016, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/512,353, filed Oct. 10, 2014, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/967,414, filed Aug. 15, 2013, which is a continuation of:
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/027,191, filed Feb. 14, 2011, which claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/304,331, filed Feb. 12, 2010.

A continuation application must be filed before the patenting, abandonment, or termination of proceedings on the prior application, and generally claims the same invention as a prior application. Divisional applications, on the other hand, are typically filed as a result of a restriction requirement from the USPTO and are limited to divisional applications to receive "safe harbor" protection against double patenting rejections. The provided information explicitly lists this patent as a "continuation" and does not specify any "divisional" applications resulting from a restriction requirement.

Related Family Members

The patent text explicitly lists several "Family Applications" and "Family Applications Before" and "Family Applications After," all stemming from the same priority date of 2010-02-12. These include:

This extensive list of related applications, particularly the numerous continuations, is a strong indicator of a strategy to prolong patent protection and potentially broaden the scope of claims over time.

Projected Expiration Date

The statutory term for a utility patent filed on or after June 8, 1995, is generally 20 years from its earliest filing date, taking into account any benefit claims under 35 U.S.C. §§ 120, 121, or 365(c). Since US12131357B2 claims priority back to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/304,331, filed on February 12, 2010, its nominal expiration date would be 20 years from this priority date.

Therefore, the nominal expiration date is February 12, 2030.

This date can be extended by any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that may have been granted to compensate for USPTO delays during prosecution. Without the specific PTA calculation from the USPTO for US12131357, the exact expiration date cannot be definitively stated. However, the Google Patents page currently lists the "Anticipated expiration" as 2031-02-14, which suggests that some amount of PTA (approximately one year and two days) has been applied to the patent, extending it beyond the nominal 20-year term from its earliest priority date.

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