Extensions

US Patent 7987002 was filed on May 26, 2006, and issued on July 26, 2011. The patent claims priority to Swedish Application 0303138-2, filed on November 26, 2003, and is a continuation of International Application PCT/SE04/001540, filed on October 25, 2004. PCT/SE04/001540 also claims priority to Swedish Application 0303138-2. Additionally, US7987002 is related to International Application PCT/SE2003/01219, filed on July 16, 2003, and published as WO 2004/015945 A1.

Based on the general rule for utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term is 20 years from the earliest filing date for which a benefit is claimed under 35 U.S.C. 120, 121, or 365(c). In this case, the earliest priority date is November 26, 2003, from Swedish Application 0303138-2. Therefore, the statutory 20-year term would typically end on November 26, 2023.

However, the patent's legal status indicates that it is "Active" and "expires 2027-08-26." This adjusted expiration date suggests that Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) has been granted. PTA compensates for administrative delays incurred during prosecution before the USPTO. Without access to the specific PTA calculation details from the USPTO, the exact reasons for the adjustment cannot be fully detailed, but the stated expiration date of August 26, 2027, is considered the current projected expiration.

There is no information available to indicate any Patent Term Extensions (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156, which are typically granted for delays in obtaining regulatory approval for certain products like pharmaceuticals.

No divisional or continuation-in-part applications stemming directly from US7987002 were identified in the provided text. The patent itself is a continuation of PCT/SE04/001540.