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Patent Term and Expiration for U.S. Patent 8,941,708

Based on a thorough analysis of the data available from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), the following details outline the patent term, related applications, and projected expiration for U.S. Patent 8,941,708.

Application and Grant Dates:

• Application Number: 13/560,767
• Filing Date: July 27, 2012
• Priority Date: The application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/513,190, filed on July 29, 2011.
• Issue Date: January 27, 2015

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA):

U.S. Patent 8,941,708 was granted a Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) due to administrative delays by the USPTO during its prosecution. Under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b), a patent's term can be extended to compensate for such delays. The USPTO automatically calculates this adjustment at the time of issuance. For this patent, a total of 198 days of PTA was granted. This adjustment accounts for the period between the standard 20-year term and the final expiration date.

Projected Expiration Date:

A standard U.S. patent term is 20 years from the earliest effective non-provisional filing date. For U.S. Patent 8,941,708, the filing date is July 27, 2012.

• Standard 20-Year Term End: July 27, 2032
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): + 198 days
• Projected Expiration Date: February 12, 2033

This projected expiration date is contingent upon the timely payment of all required maintenance fees to the USPTO.

Continuation Applications:

There is one known continuation application associated with this patent:

• Application Number: 14/581,301
• Filing Date: December 23, 2014
• Status: This continuation application was granted as U.S. Patent 9,497,415 B2 on November 15, 2016. Because it is a continuation, it shares the same priority date as the '708 patent and its term is also calculated from the '708 patent's filing date.

There are no divisional applications recorded for this patent family.

Related Patent Family Members:

U.S. Patent 8,941,708 is part of a larger international patent family (Family ID: 46640122), which includes:

• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO): WO2013019638A1
• European Patent Office (EPO): EP2749021B1
• China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA): CN103718545B