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Patent Term and Family Data for US Patent 7,670,612

Based on a review of USPTO public records for US patent 7,670,612 (the '612 patent), the following information details its term adjustments, related applications, and projected expiration date.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

A significant Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) was granted for the '612 patent due to delays by the USPTO during prosecution.

• Total PTA Granted: 1,159 days.

This adjustment is intended to compensate the patent owner for examination delays that extended beyond the standard timeframes allotted to the USPTO.

Projected Expiration Date

The expiration date of a U.S. patent filed after June 8, 1995, is generally calculated as 20 years from the earliest non-provisional application filing date, plus any granted PTA.

• Application Filing Date: March 19, 2004.
• Initial 20-Year Term End Date: March 19, 2024.
• PTA: + 1,159 days.
• Projected Expiration Date: June 11, 2026.

The patent is currently listed as active, with an adjusted expiration date of June 11, 2026. No other patent term extensions (PTE), typically granted for regulatory review delays (e.g., by the FDA), were found on record.

Continuity and Related Applications

The '612 patent is part of a larger family of patents and applications, claiming priority to several earlier filings and serving as the parent for subsequent continuation applications.

Priority Claim / Parent Applications:

The application for the '612 patent (Ser. No. 10/804,576) is a continuation-in-part and claims the benefit of the following earlier applications:

• PCT/US2003/010816: Filed April 9, 2003.
• U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/371,448: Filed April 10, 2002.
• U.S. Application No. 10/369,427: Filed February 18, 2003.
• U.S. Application No. 10/368,951: Filed February 18, 2003.
• U.S. Application No. 10/369,244: Filed February 18, 2003.

Child Applications (Continuations):

The '612 patent is the parent of several continuation applications, indicating an ongoing strategy by the assignee, INNERCAP Technologies Inc., to protect related inventions. These include:

• U.S. Patent No. 8,361,497: From application Ser. No. 12/689,669, filed January 19, 2010.
• U.S. Patent No. 9,241,911: From application Ser. No. 14/036,521, filed September 25, 2013.
• U.S. Patent No. 9,539,216: From application Ser. No. 15/005,508, filed January 25, 2016.
• U.S. Publication No. 2013/0136791 A1: From application Ser. No. 13/746,743, filed January 22, 2013.

No divisional applications were found to have been filed from the '612 patent application. The extensive family of related applications underscores a focused effort to build upon the core technology of multi-compartment capsules.