Extensions

US Patent 7513238, titled "Directly injecting internal combustion engine," has an earliest priority date of October 29, 2003, and was filed on October 15, 2004. It was issued on April 7, 2009.

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

• Patent Term Adjustments (PTA): PTA can be granted to a patent to compensate for delays incurred by the USPTO during the prosecution of a patent application. This includes delays such as failing to issue a first office action within 14 months of filing, failing to issue an action within four months of an applicant's response, or failing to issue the patent within four months of the issue fee payment. While the provided information states that the patent term "expires 2025-02-07" under "Adjusted expiration" and "Expired - Lifetime" as of 2025-02-07, it does not explicitly detail the calculation or specific amount of any PTA for US7513238. However, given the "Adjusted expiration" date, it is likely that some PTA was applied to extend the term beyond the standard 20 years from its earliest priority date.
• Patent Term Extensions (PTE): PTE is available for patents covering certain products, primarily pharmaceuticals, medical devices, food additives, and animal drugs, to restore patent term lost due to regulatory review periods before commercial marketing. Since US7513238 relates to an internal combustion engine, it is not the type of patent eligible for PTE under 35 U.S.C. § 156.

Continuation and Divisional Applications:

• The provided patent text does not explicitly list any continuation or divisional applications for US7513238.
• Generally, a continuation application allows an applicant to pursue new claims based on the same disclosure as a previously filed "parent" application, sharing the same priority date.
• A divisional application is filed when an applicant wants to pursue claims to a distinct invention that was originally part of a broader "parent" application, often when the USPTO determines that the original application contained more than one invention.

Related Family Members:

The patent text references several related documents:

• Priority Claims: US7513238 claims priority to German patent document DE 103 50 795.7, filed October 29, 2003, and is a National Phase of PCT/EP2004/011637, filed October 15, 2004.
• Other Publications in the Family: US20070193556A1 is listed as another version of the patent.
• Cited Prior Art: The patent cites several prior art documents, including US 2002/0117146 A1 and DE 196 49 052 A1. These are prior art, not typically considered "family members" in the sense of continuations or divisionals.

Projected Expiration Date:

The Google Patents information for US7513238 indicates that its "Legal status" is "Expired - Lifetime," with an "Adjusted expiration" date of February 7, 2025. This suggests the patent has already expired.

For patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term is generally 20 years from the earliest filing date of the application in its family, plus any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). The filing date for US7513238 was October 15, 2004, and its earliest priority date was October 29, 2003. A standard 20-year term from the earliest priority date (October 29, 2003) would be October 29, 2023. The "Adjusted expiration" of February 7, 2025, indicates that approximately 1 year and 3 months of PTA were granted.