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Analysis of Patent Term, Adjustments, and Family for U.S. Patent No. 12,156,508

As of May 10, 2026, the following details pertain to the term, application history, and related patents of U.S. Patent No. 12,156,508 ("the '508 patent").

Patent Term and Expiration:

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The '508 patent has not been granted any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). PTA is a mechanism to extend a patent's term to compensate for certain administrative delays by the USPTO during prosecution.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) for the '508 patent. PTE is typically granted for patents covering products that undergo a lengthy pre-market regulatory review process, such as pharmaceuticals, and is not applicable in this case.
• Projected Expiration Date: The '508 patent was granted on December 3, 2024. Based on its earliest priority date of December 17, 2013, from provisional application 61/917,058, and without any term adjustments, the standard 20-year term applies. Therefore, the projected expiration date is August 13, 2035, as indicated in the patent's legal status information.

Continuity and Application History:

The '508 patent is part of a chain of related applications, claiming priority to earlier filings. This indicates a continuing prosecution strategy by the applicant, Swift Paws Inc., to refine and expand their intellectual property portfolio around the core invention.

• Application Number: The application that matured into the '508 patent is U.S. Serial No. 17/718,307, filed on April 11, 2022.
• Parent Applications: The '508 patent is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application No. 16/841,596 (now U.S. Patent No. 11,297,801), which was a continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application No. 14/569,715 (now U.S. Patent No. 10,609,904). This chain of applications traces back to the initial provisional application filed in 2013.
• Continuation Application (Child): Subsequent to the filing of the application for the '508 patent, the assignee filed a continuation application.
  • Application Number: U.S. Serial No. 18/965,895
  • Filing Date: December 2, 2024
  • Status: This application is currently pending.
• Divisional Applications: There are no divisional applications associated with the '508 patent. A divisional application would be filed if the original application was deemed by the examiner to contain more than one distinct invention.

Patent Family:

The '508 patent is part of a U.S.-only patent family. A patent family consists of a set of patents filed in various countries to protect a single invention. In this case, Swift Paws Inc. has focused its patent protection efforts within the United States.

• Family ID: 82494150
• Family Members: The family includes the granted patents and pending applications in the continuity chain, all stemming from the same priority document.
  • U.S. Patent No. 10,609,904
  • U.S. Patent No. 11,297,801
  • U.S. Patent No. 12,156,508
  • U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2025/0089680 A1 (from pending application 18/965,895)