Extensions

The USPTO database indicates that US Patent 7930575, titled "Microcontroller for controlling power shutdown process," has an "Adjusted expiration" date of January 13, 2030.

Regarding patent term adjustments (PTA) and patent term extensions (PTE):

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): PTA can add time to a patent's term to compensate for delays by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. This includes delays such as not issuing a first office action or notice of allowance within 14 months of filing, not responding to an applicant's reply within four months, or not issuing the patent within four months of the issue fee payment, or not issuing a patent within 36 months from the filing date.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): PTE is granted to compensate for delays incurred in obtaining regulatory approval for a patented product, manufacturing methods, or methods of using the product.

The provided information explicitly states an "Adjusted expiration" date for US7930575, which typically includes any applicable PTA. However, it does not detail the specific calculation or the amount of PTA granted. There is no mention of any PTE for this patent.

Regarding continuation, divisional, and related family applications:

• Continuation Application: A continuation application allows an applicant to pursue additional claims to an invention disclosed in an earlier, still-pending "parent" application, using the same specification and claiming the same priority date.
• Divisional Application: A divisional application also claims priority from a parent application but covers a distinct or independent invention that was "carved out" of the parent, often after a restriction requirement from the examiner.
• Related Family Members: The patent claims foreign priority to Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-246454, filed on September 12, 2006. Other worldwide applications listed include a Chinese application (CNA2007101495872A) and a withdrawn Korean application (KR1020070092767A). The publication US20080065920A1 is also listed as an "other version" and has a publication date of March 13, 2008.

The Google Patents entry for US7930575 does not explicitly list any direct continuation or divisional applications within its "Priority and Related Applications" section as separate US patent numbers that have issued from the US11/898,145 application. However, continuing applications can be filed as long as at least one patent application in the family is pending, up until 20 years from the original filing date.

The projected expiration date for US7930575 is January 13, 2030. This date is an adjusted expiration date, which accounts for factors like Patent Term Adjustment. The standard patent term for utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, is 20 years from the earliest filing date. The application filing date for US7930575 was September 10, 2007.