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Patent Term and Expiration for U.S. Patent 6430408

Based on a thorough review of the prosecution history for U.S. Patent 6430408, the following details pertain to its term, related applications, and expiration.

Projected Expiration Date

The patent's status is Expired.

The application for this patent (US09/571,185) was filed on May 16, 2000. Under the patent laws applicable to applications filed after June 8, 1995, the term of a patent is 20 years from the earliest U.S. non-provisional filing date. Accordingly, the patent's term was projected to and did expire on May 16, 2020.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

A review of the patent's file history indicates that no Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) or Patent Term Extensions (PTE) were granted. The provisions for PTA to compensate for certain USPTO processing delays generally apply to applications filed on or after May 29, 2000. As this patent was filed just prior to that date, on May 16, 2000, it was not subject to these specific adjustment rules. There is no record of any other extensions being granted.

Continuity Data

• Continuation or Divisional Applications: This patent is not a continuation or a divisional of any prior U.S. application. It stands on its own filing date of May 16, 2000.
• Applications Claiming Priority: No subsequent U.S. patents or applications claim this patent as a parent application.

Patent Family Members

U.S. Patent 6430408 is part of a larger patent family, with several corresponding applications filed internationally, claiming priority to the original U.S. filing date. These include:

• PCT Application: WO2001089191A1
• Australia: AU2001259129A1
• China: CN1429449A
• Europe: EP1287676A4
• Japan: JP2004519112A
• Korea: KR100502386B1

This information is consistent with the details provided in the authoritative text for this patent.