Patent 8015006

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Patent term adjustments, term extensions, continuations, divisionals, family members, and expiration dates.

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Patent term adjustments, term extensions, continuations, divisionals, family members, and expiration dates.

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For US patent 8015006, titled "Systems and methods for processing natural language speech utterances with context-specific domain agents," the following details regarding its term and related applications have been identified:

Related Applications and Priority Information:

  • US Patent 8015006B2 is explicitly stated to be a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/452,147, titled "Systems and Methods for Responding to Natural Language Speech Utterance," filed June 3, 2003, which later issued as U.S. Pat. No. 7,398,209 on July 8, 2008.
  • U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/452,147 claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/384,388, titled "General Purpose Device for Speech Query and Response," filed June 3, 2002.

This establishes a priority chain:

  • US 8015006B2 claims priority from US 10/452,147.
  • US 10/452,147 claims priority from US Provisional 60/384,388.

Therefore, the earliest effective filing date for US 8015006 is June 3, 2002, which is the filing date of the provisional application.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Patent Term Extensions (PTE):

The Google Patents information for US8015006B2 indicates "Expired - Lifetime, expires 2025-02-09." While the general rule for utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, is a term ending 20 years from the earliest effective filing date, subject to extensions or adjustments, the specific PTA and PTE amounts are not explicitly detailed in the provided Google Patents snippet.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate for certain delays caused by the USPTO during prosecution, and Patent Term Extension (PTE) typically relates to delays in regulatory review for products like pharmaceuticals. The Google Patents record shows an "Adjusted expiration" date of February 9, 2025. This adjusted date implies that either PTA or PTE (or both) were applied, as the standard 20-year term from the earliest priority date (June 3, 2002) would have expired on June 3, 2022.

Continuation and Divisional Applications:

As noted above, US 8015006B2 is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/452,147.
The provided information does not explicitly state whether US 8015006B2 itself has any divisional or further continuation applications. Continuation applications allow for new claims of broader or narrower scope within the original description, while divisional applications are filed when an examiner restricts an application to a single invention.

Related Family Members:

Based on the priority chain, the following are related family members:

  • U.S. Patent No. 7,398,209 (issued from U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/452,147)
  • U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/384,388

The Google Patents page also lists US20080235023A1 as "Other versions," which is the publication of the application leading to US8015006B2. Additionally, under "Info," various related publication and application numbers are listed, including US12/130,397 (the application for US8015006B2) and US13039708A.

Projected Expiration Date:

The Google Patents record for US8015006B2 clearly states its legal status as "Expired - Lifetime, expires 2025-02-09." This indicates that the patent has already expired as of the current date (April 26, 2026). The "Adjusted expiration" date provided on the Google Patents page is February 9, 2025.

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