Extensions

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

US Patent 7,939,967 has received a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) of 208 days. This adjustment is intended to compensate for delays incurred by the USPTO during the patent's prosecution.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

There is no information available in the provided text to indicate that US Patent 7,939,967 has received any Patent Term Extensions (PTE). PTEs are typically granted for delays related to regulatory review, such as for pharmaceuticals.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The provided patent text and search results do not explicitly mention any continuation or divisional applications directly linked to US Patent 7,939,967. Generally, a patent granted on a continuing application has a term ending 20 years from the filing date of the earliest application for which a benefit is claimed.

Related Family Members

The patent US7939967B2 is itself a publication of application number US12/491,773. The publication US20100327656A1 is also listed as an "Other version" and a "Publication" of this patent family.

Projected Expiration Date

The standard term for U.S. utility patents issued from applications filed on or after June 8, 1995, is 20 years from the filing date. The filing date for US Patent 7,939,967 was June 25, 2009.

Therefore, the base expiration date would be June 25, 2029.

With the Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) of 208 days, the adjusted expiration date would be:
June 25, 2029 + 208 days = January 19, 2030.

This aligns with the "Adjusted expiration" date of "2030-01-19" noted in the Google Patents information.