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To provide a comprehensive analysis of US patent 8777746's term and related applications, I will search the USPTO Patent Center for the specific patent number. The USPTO does not calculate expiration dates directly but provides tools and data to estimate them.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) can extend the life of a U.S. patent to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during prosecution. Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are typically granted for delays related to regulatory review, such as for pharmaceutical products. To determine specific PTA or PTE for US8777746, one would typically access the "Patent Term Adjustment" section within the USPTO Patent Center for the specific patent number. Without direct access to that specific information for US8777746, I cannot provide the exact PTA or PTE applied.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

• Continuation Application: A continuation application is based on a "parent" patent application, shares the same priority date and specification, and typically pursues additional claims that were disclosed but not allowed in the parent.
• Divisional Application: A divisional application is filed when the parent application contains more than one distinct invention. It shares the same specification and priority date as the parent but has a different set of claims.

According to the provided patent text, US8777746B2 (application number US13/616,222) lists the following related applications:

• Priority to US13/616,222: This indicates that the issued patent US8777746B2 itself is based on the application number US13/616,222.
• Priority to US14/329,442: This indicates a priority claim to US14/329,442. This application is also listed as a "Related Child Application" and a "Family Application," specifically a "Continuation" with a filing date of 2014-07-11. This US14/329,442 application resulted in publication US20150012892A1, titled "Gestures to Encapsulate Intent," and its status is "Abandoned."
• Publication of US20130079140A1: This is another publication listed under "Other versions" and "Publications," likely a published application version of US13/616,222.
• Priority Applications: The patent also claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/626,204 filed on September 23, 2011.

Therefore, US8777746B2 is a patent granted from application US13/616,222, which itself claims priority from the provisional application US61/626,204. There is also a continuation application, US14/329,442, associated with the family.

Related Family Members

The "Family Applications" section lists two applications:

• US13/616,222 (which became US8777746B2)
• US14/329,442 (which became US20150012892A1)

Both applications share the priority date of 2011-09-23. US14/329,442 is explicitly identified as a "Continuation" of the family.

Projected Expiration Date

For U.S. utility patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the patent term generally expires 20 years from the earliest filing date of the application for which a benefit is claimed. Provisional application filing dates are typically not used to calculate the 20-year patent term.

US8777746B2 has a filing date of 2012-09-14 for application US13/616,222. It claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/626,204 filed on 2011-09-23. The earliest non-provisional filing date in the family that would typically determine the patent term is the filing date of the application that led to the granted patent, which is September 14, 2012 (US13/616,222).

Therefore, based on the statutory term of 20 years from the non-provisional filing date, the anticipated expiration date for US8777746B2 is September 14, 2032 (2012-09-14 + 20 years). This date can be further impacted by any Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) or Patent Term Extensions (PTE), or terminal disclaimers, none of which are explicitly detailed in the provided text for this patent. However, the Google Patents information itself lists an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2032-09-14.