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Patent Term and Application History for U.S. Patent 7,742,388

This section details the application history, term adjustments, and projected expiration date for U.S. Patent 7,742,388, which issued from application number 11/185,665.

Key Dates:

• Provisional Application Filing Date: July 20, 2004 (from U.S. provisional application No. 60/589,158)
• Non-provisional Filing Date: July 20, 2005
• Issue Date: June 22, 2010

Patent Term Calculation

The base term for a U.S. patent filed after June 8, 1995, is 20 years from the earliest non-provisional filing date.

• Base Expiration Date: July 20, 2025 (20 years from the July 20, 2005 filing date).

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment is granted by the USPTO to compensate for delays in the examination process. Based on the public record available through the USPTO and third-party data aggregators, this patent received a significant term adjustment.

• Total Patent Term Adjustment: 1,055 days.

This adjustment was granted due to USPTO processing delays exceeding the statutory timeframes during the patent's prosecution.

Patent Term Extension (PTE)

No Patent Term Extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156 was found for this patent. PTE is typically associated with delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals and is not applicable here.

Application History and Related Family

• Continuity: U.S. Patent 7,742,388 (issuing from application 11/185,665) claims priority to U.S. provisional application No. 60/589,158. It is not a continuation or divisional of any other non-provisional application, nor have any continuation or divisional applications been filed claiming priority to it.
• Family Members: The only other U.S. publication in its direct family is the pre-grant publication, US 2006/0018249 A1. There are no foreign counterparts or other related patents in its family.

Projected Expiration Date

The projected expiration date is calculated by adding the Patent Term Adjustment to the base expiration date.

• Base Expiration Date: July 20, 2025
• Plus PTA: + 1,055 days
• Projected Expiration Date: June 10, 2028

Important Note on Patent Validity: As of the current date, the enforceability of this patent is in question. A notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate to cancel numerous claims (including all independent claims) was entered by the USPTO's Central Reexamination Unit on March 26, 2026. While the projected expiration date stands, the cancellation of its core claims would render the patent unenforceable, pending any appeal of the reexamination decision.