Extensions

US Patent 6537227, titled "Method and equipment for human-related measuring," was filed on March 2, 2001, and issued on March 25, 2003.

Here's a breakdown of its term adjustments and related applications:

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

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): PTA is granted to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a patent application. For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, PTA extends the patent's 20-year term from its earliest non-provisional filing date. The provided patent information does not explicitly state if any PTA was granted.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): PTE is awarded to compensate for delays in obtaining regulatory approval for a patented product or its methods of manufacturing or use. There is no information provided to suggest that US Patent 6537227 received a PTE.

Continuation Applications, Divisional Applications, and Related Family Members:

• Application Number: US09/798,577 (This is the application number for US6537227).
• Priority Date: The priority date for US6537227 is March 7, 2000. This indicates that the application for US6537227 may claim benefit from an earlier-filed application.
• Other Versions: US20010023320A1 is listed as another version, which is typically a patent application publication corresponding to the granted patent.
• Applications Claiming Priority: The patent document lists three applications claiming priority to FI20000522 (filed 2000-03-07): FI20000522, FI114202B, and FI000522. These are Finnish applications and likely represent the foreign priority filing from which US6537227 claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119.
• Family Applications: The family includes US09/798,577 (US6537227B2).
• Country Status: Family members include patents/applications in EP, AT, DE, ES, FI, and HK, indicating international counterparts.

The patent was filed after June 8, 1995, so its term is generally 20 years from its earliest effective filing date.

Projected Expiration Date:
The patent's legal status is listed as "Expired - Lifetime, expires 2021-04-19". This expiration date is noted as an "Adjusted expiration" date. Since the current date is April 26, 2026, the patent has already expired.