Extensions

US patent 7461353, titled "Scalable display of internet content on mobile devices," was issued on December 2, 2008, from application number 11/045,757, filed on January 28, 2005.

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

The patent states, "Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 376 days. This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer."

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): US patent 7461353 received a Patent Term Adjustment of 376 days. PTA compensates for administrative delays by the USPTO during patent prosecution.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no mention of a Patent Term Extension (PTE) for this patent, which is typically granted to compensate for delays in obtaining regulatory approval for a patented product.

Terminal Disclaimer

The patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. A terminal disclaimer can limit the term of a patent. When a patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer, its term does not extend beyond the expiration date specified in the disclaimer, even with PTA.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

US 7461353 is a divisional application of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/878,097, filed on June 8, 2001, which resulted in U.S. Pat. No. 7,210,099.

Additionally, U.S. application Ser. No. 09/878,097 is a continuation-in-part of U.S. Non-Provisional application Ser. No. 09/828,511, filed on April 7, 2001, which is now abandoned.

The patent also claims the benefit of two provisional applications:

• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/211,019, filed on June 12, 2000.
• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/217,345, filed on July 11, 2000.

Related Family Members

The "Related Applications" section of the patent also lists the following as continuations of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/878,097 (now U.S. Pat. No. 7,210,099):

• U.S. application Ser. No. 11/735,477, filed on April 15, 2007.
• U.S. application Ser. No. 11/735,482, filed on April 15, 2007.
• U.S. application Ser. No. 11/738,486, filed on April 21, 2007.
• U.S. application Ser. No. 11/738,932, filed on April 23, 2007.

Projected Expiration Date

For applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term generally ends 20 years from the filing date of the earliest application for which a benefit is claimed. In this case, the earliest priority date claimed is June 12, 2000, from Provisional Application No. 60/211,019.

Adding 20 years to the earliest priority date of June 12, 2000, would suggest a statutory expiration date of June 12, 2020. However, the patent explicitly states an "Adjusted expiration" date of April 18, 2022. This adjusted expiration likely accounts for the 376 days of PTA and potentially the effect of the terminal disclaimer.

The patent expired on April 18, 2022.