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Analysis of Patent Term, Adjustments, and Family for US Patent 8,152,059

Date of Analysis: May 6, 2026

Based on a review of the data available through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the information provided in the authoritative patent text, the following details pertain to the patent term, related applications, and family members for US Patent 8,152,059.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Issue Date: April 10, 2012
• Filing Date of this Application (US 12/357,047): January 21, 2009
• Priority Date from Earliest Application (US 10/974,045): October 26, 2004

The term of a U.S. patent filed after June 8, 1995, is generally 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. non-provisional application to which it claims priority. In this case, the 20-year term is calculated from the priority date of October 26, 2004.

• Nominal Expiration Date: October 26, 2024

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA)

The authoritative patent text from Google Patents indicates an "Adjusted expiration" date of April 17, 2026. This adjusted date reflects a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) granted by the USPTO to compensate for administrative delays during the patent's prosecution. A precise breakdown of the PTA calculation requires a detailed review of the file wrapper in the USPTO's Patent Center database, but the result of this adjustment extends the patent's life beyond the nominal expiration date. No Patent Term Extension (PTE), which is typically related to regulatory review delays for products like pharmaceuticals, has been noted for this patent.

• Projected Expiration Date (with PTA): April 17, 2026

Continuations and Divisional Applications

The application that matured into the '059 patent is itself a Continuation-in-Part of an earlier application. A review of the patent family reveals the following relationships:

• Parent Application:
  • Application Number: US 10/974,045
  • Filing Date: October 26, 2004
  • Status: Now issued as US Patent 7,497,371

The '059 patent is a "child" of this parent application.

• Child Application:
  • A later Continuation-in-Part application was filed that claims priority to the '059 patent's application.
  • Application Number: US 13/414,508
  • Filing Date: March 7, 2012
  • Status: Now issued as US Patent 8,733,642

No divisional applications related to US 8,152,059 have been identified in the provided documentation.

Patent Family Members

The patent family for US 8,152,059 consists of the patents and applications linked through priority claims. The direct family members are:

• US 7,497,371 B1: The parent patent from which the '059 patent claims priority.
• US 8,733,642 B2: A subsequent patent that is a continuation-in-part of the application for the '059 patent.
• US 2009/0184164 A1: The publication of the application that matured into the '059 patent.

This family of patents is based on the initial invention disclosed in 2004 and represents a continued effort by the inventor to protect various aspects and improvements related to the secure transaction system.