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US Patent 7,020,281: Term, Continuity, and Family Details

An analysis of the records for US patent 7,020,281 reveals the following information regarding its term, related applications, and international family members.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Filing Date: January 18, 2001
• Issue Date: March 28, 2006
• Patent Term Adjustments (PTA): There are no recorded Patent Term Adjustments for this patent. A patent's term is calculated as 20 years from the earliest effective filing date.
• Patent Term Extensions (PTE): There are no recorded Patent Term Extensions under 35 U.S.C. § 156, which are typically granted for delays caused by regulatory review.
• Projected Expiration Date: Based on the filing date of January 18, 2001, and a standard 20-year term, the patent was projected to expire on January 18, 2021. The legal status is listed as "Expired - Lifetime" with an adjusted expiration date of February 4, 2021, noted in the patent's data.

Continuity and Related Applications

This patent is a continuation of an international application.

• Parent Application: This application is a continuation of International Application No. PCT/CA1999/000658, filed on July 21, 1999.
• Priority Claims: The patent claims priority to Canadian application number 2,243,761, filed on July 21, 1998.
• Continuation or Divisional Applications: There is no record of any continuation or divisional applications that claim priority back to US patent 7,020,281.

Patent Family Members

US patent 7,020,281 is part of a larger international patent family, with corresponding patents granted in several other jurisdictions. This indicates that the applicants sought protection for this invention in multiple countries. Key family members include:

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): WO2000005837A1
• European Patent Office (EP): EP1097541B1
• Japan (JP): JP4699610B2
• Canada (CA): CA2243761C
• Australia (AU): AU4891799A
• Austria (AT): ATE460027T1
• Germany (DE): DE69942094D1