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Patent Term and Continuity Analysis for U.S. Patent No. 12,301,628

Date of Analysis: April 30, 2026

Based on a thorough review of the information available for U.S. Patent No. 12,301,628 ("the '628 patent"), the following details regarding its term, related applications, and family members have been determined.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE):

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): There is no Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) indicated for the '628 patent. PTA is a period added to the term of a patent to compensate for delays caused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during prosecution. The absence of a PTA suggests the patent's examination was completed within the standard statutory timeframes.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no Patent Term Extension (PTE) noted for this patent. PTE is typically granted for patents covering products that have undergone a lengthy regulatory review process, such as pharmaceuticals, and is not applicable in this case.

Continuity and Related Applications:

The '628 patent is part of a large family of related applications, indicating a comprehensive and ongoing strategy by the assignee, Qomplx Inc., to protect its technology in the field of cybersecurity analytics.

• Application Type: The application for the '628 patent (US 18/892,295) is a continuation of a prior application. This means it claims the benefit of the filing date of an earlier-filed, co-pending "parent" application.
• Priority Claims: The '628 patent claims priority to a long chain of preceding U.S. patent applications, with the earliest priority date being October 28, 2015, from U.S. Patent Application No. 14/925,974. This date is crucial for determining the patent's expiration.

Patent Family:

The '628 patent is related to a substantial portfolio of patents and applications assigned to Qomplx Inc. The provided information lists thirteen prior applications from which priority is claimed. This extensive family demonstrates a layered and evolving intellectual property strategy, with each patent likely protecting a specific aspect or improvement of the core technology. The earlier patents in the family, such as US 10,210,255 and US 10,204,147, established the foundational concepts of using distributed computational graphs for cybersecurity, which are built upon by the '628 patent.

Projected Expiration Date:

The term of a U.S. utility patent is generally 20 years from the earliest effective, non-provisional filing date to which it claims priority.

• Earliest Priority Date: October 28, 2015
• Base Term: 20 years from the priority date

Therefore, the projected expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 12,301,628 is October 28, 2035. This date assumes that all required maintenance fees are paid in a timely manner. The absence of any Patent Term Adjustment or Extension means that the standard 20-year term from the earliest priority date is applied.