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Based on a detailed analysis of the provided patent text for US patent 12,377,343, here is a breakdown of its term, related applications, and family members.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The provided documentation does not specify a number of days for Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). PTA is granted by the USPTO to compensate for delays during the patent prosecution process. Without the official USPTO file wrapper, a precise PTA calculation cannot be made.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Such extensions are typically for products that undergo a lengthy pre-market regulatory review (e.g., by the FDA), which does not apply to this invention.
• Projected Expiration Date: The anticipated expiration date for US patent 12,377,343 is October 19, 2041. This date is calculated 20 years from the earliest non-provisional priority date of October 19, 2021, which comes from U.S. Application No. 17/505,587 (now patent US11890551B2), to which this patent claims priority through a chain of applications.

Related Applications and Family Members

The patent for this puzzle platform is part of a large and complex family of applications, indicating an active and iterative development and filing strategy by the applicant.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The patent explicitly identifies itself as a continuation-in-part of several earlier applications. This means it shares some subject matter with the parent applications but also introduces new material.

• Parent Applications (Continuation-in-Part): According to the "CROSS REFERENCES AND PRIORITIES" section of the patent, application US18/783,453 (which became patent US12377343B2) is a continuation-in-part of the following U.S. applications:

  • 17/829,359 (filed June 1, 2022)
  • 18/748,158 (filed June 20, 2024)
  • 18/736,862 (filed June 7, 2024)
  • 18/737,905 (filed June 7, 2024)
  • 18/732,602 (filed June 3, 2024)

• Divisional Applications: There is no mention of any divisional applications originating from this patent or its parent application in the provided text.

Patent Family Priority

The patent claims priority to a chain of domestic U.S. applications and several foreign design patent applications.

• Domestic Priority Chain: The application for this patent (US18/783,453) is one link in a long chain of related filings. The earliest non-provisional application in this chain, which sets the overall patent term, is:

  • US17/505,587: Filed October 19, 2021 (Issued as US11890551B2).

• Foreign Priority: The patent also claims priority to the following Chinese Design Patent applications, indicating an international protection strategy for the aesthetic features of the puzzle platform:

  • 202430220715.2 (filed April 18, 2024)
  • 202430377406.6 (filed June 19, 2024)
  • 202430309522.4 (filed May 23, 2024)