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Patent Term and Application History for U.S. Patent 12,161,628

This analysis details the application history, related patent family members, and term adjustments for U.S. Patent 12,161,628, culminating in its projected expiration date.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): There is no information in the provided patent data indicating a specific number of days granted for Patent Term Adjustment. However, the Google Patents legal status entry notes an "Adjusted expiration" date. Typically, a patent's term is 20 years from its earliest non-provisional filing date. The application for this patent (No. 17/959,350) is a continuation of a series of applications dating back to an international application filed on August 11, 2016, which claims priority from provisional applications in August 2015. The standard 20-year term would end in August 2036. The listed expiration in 2037 suggests a PTA was granted, but the precise calculation is not available in the provided text.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication in the available records that a Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156 (often granted to compensate for regulatory review delays by agencies like the FDA) has been applied for or granted for this patent.

Application and Family History

U.S. Patent 12,161,628 is part of a larger family of applications and patents stemming from two U.S. provisional applications filed in 2015.

• Continuation Applications: The patent is a continuation of a chain of prior U.S. applications.

  • The direct parent application is U.S. Application No. 17/706,788, filed March 29, 2022.
  • This application is itself a continuation of U.S. Application No. 15/751,542, filed February 9, 2018 (now abandoned).
  • This chain ultimately traces back to the international application PCT/US2016/046476, filed on August 11, 2016.

• Divisional Applications: The records do not indicate that any divisional applications have been filed from this patent's application chain.

• Related Family Members: The patent family includes several key international and U.S. publications.

  • Priority Applications: The entire family claims priority to U.S. provisional applications 62/204,281 (filed Aug. 12, 2015) and 62/204,954 (filed Aug. 13, 2015).
  • International Application: WO2017027665A1 is the published international application corresponding to PCT/US2016/046476.
  • U.S. Family Publications:
    • US20180235935A1: Published application from the abandoned parent application 15/751,542.
    • US20230042959A1: The published application corresponding to the application that issued as the '628 patent.

Projected Expiration Date

Based on the information available from the Google Patents legal status data, the projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 12,161,628 is February 23, 2037. This date appears to incorporate a patent term adjustment, extending the term beyond the standard 20 years from the 2016 international filing date.