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US12258111: Term Information and Related Applications

Patent Number: US12258111B1

Title: Swivel mounts for attaching and maneuvering accessories over the gunnel of a boat or any other mounting surface

Issue Date: March 25, 2025

Projected Expiration Date: September 26, 2044.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) compensates patentees for certain delays caused by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during the patent prosecution process. The USPTO automatically determines the PTA period and issues a notice of determination on or before the patent's issuance date. While the specific PTA awarded for US12258111 is not explicitly detailed in the provided text, the anticipated expiration date already takes into account any such adjustments. The filing date for the application (US18/897,527) was September 26, 2024, and the patent was granted on March 25, 2025. Given the relatively short pendency period, any PTA might be minimal, but a definitive amount would be stated in the issue notification.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are available for patents covering certain products, primarily human drugs, medical devices, food or color additives, animal drugs, and veterinary biological products, to restore patent term lost during premarket government approval from a regulatory agency like the FDA. Since US12258111 relates to swivel mounts for boating accessories, it does not fall within the categories of products eligible for PTE under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Therefore, no Patent Term Extension is applicable or expected for this patent.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

• Continuation Applications: The patent text explicitly mentions a priority claim to US19/078,523, which is identified as a "Related Child Application (Continuation)" leading to US12409922B1. This indicates that US19/078,523 is a continuation of the application that matured into US12258111. A continuation application uses the same specification as the parent but may present new claims of broader or narrower scope.
• Divisional Applications: There is no explicit mention of divisional applications directly stemming from US12258111. Divisional applications typically arise from a restriction requirement by the examiner, where multiple distinct inventions are identified within a single application.

Related Family Members

The patent family for US12258111 includes:

• US12258111B1 (the patent in question).
• US12409922B1: This patent is identified as a related family member, specifically resulting from the continuation application US19/078,523. Both US12258111B1 and US12409922B1 share the same priority date of September 26, 2023, which is traced back to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/540,483.

Priority Claims

US12258111 claims priority to the following:

• U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/540,483, filed September 26, 2023.
• U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. US18/897,527, filed September 26, 2024 (which is the application that resulted in US12258111B1).

Projected Expiration Date

The anticipated expiration date for US12258111B1 is September 26, 2044. This date is calculated as 20 years from its earliest non-provisional filing date (September 26, 2024), plus any applicable Patent Term Adjustments.## US12258111: Term Information and Related Applications

Patent Number: US12258111B1
Title: Swivel mounts for attaching and maneuvering accessories over the gunnel of a boat or any other mounting surface
Issue Date: March 25, 2025

Projected Expiration Date: September 26, 2044.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate for certain administrative delays by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during the prosecution of a patent application. The USPTO automatically determines and notifies the applicant of any PTA on or before the patent's issuance date. While the exact amount of PTA for US12258111 is not specified in the provided text, the projected expiration date of September 26, 2044, already incorporates any such adjustments. Given that the application was filed on September 26, 2024, and issued on March 25, 2025, the pendency period was relatively short, suggesting that any PTA awarded would likely be minimal.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are statutory provisions designed to restore patent term lost due to the time required for regulatory review before a product can be marketed, primarily for certain pharmaceutical products, medical devices, food additives, and veterinary biological products. As US12258111 pertains to swivel mounts for boating accessories, it does not fall within the categories of inventions eligible for a Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Therefore, no PTE applies to this patent.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

• Continuation Applications: The patent application for US12258111 (US18/897,527) has a continuation application identified as US19/078,523. This continuation application subsequently led to the issuance of US12409922B1. A continuation application allows the applicant to pursue additional claims based on the original specification.
• Divisional Applications: There is no mention of any divisional applications directly stemming from US12258111 in the provided patent text. Divisional applications typically arise when an examiner issues a restriction requirement, indicating that multiple distinct inventions are claimed within a single patent application.

Related Family Members

The primary related family members for US12258111, as identified in the patent text, are:

• US12258111B1 (the patent itself).
• US12409922B1, which resulted from the continuation application US19/078,523.

Both US12258111B1 and US12409922B1 share the same priority date of September 26, 2023, based on U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/540,483.

Priority Claims

US12258111 claims priority to the following applications:

• U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 63/540,483, filed September 26, 2023.
• U.S. Non-Provisional Patent Application No. US18/897,527, filed September 26, 2024.