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US Patent 9055255, titled "Live television application on top of live feed," has a complex family history and its projected expiration date can be influenced by several factors.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is granted to compensate patent applicants for certain delays caused by the USPTO during the patent prosecution process. These delays include failing to issue an office action or notice of allowance within 14 months of filing, failing to act within four months of an applicant's response, or failing to issue a patent within three years of the actual filing date of the application. The USPTO automatically calculates and transmits a notice of determination for PTA on or before the patent's issuance date. The applicant has a window of two months (with a possible five-month extension) to request reconsideration of the PTA calculation.

Specific PTA details for US9055255 are not available within the provided search snippets. To determine the exact PTA, the patent's file wrapper in USPTO Patent Center would need to be consulted.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available under the Hatch-Waxman Act for patents claiming products that require regulatory approval from agencies like the FDA before commercial marketing, such as human and veterinary pharmaceuticals, food additives, color additives, and medical devices. The purpose of PTE is to restore some of the patent term lost during this regulatory review period.

Given that US9055255 relates to an "Intelligent Television (TV)" and "live TV application," it is highly unlikely to be eligible for PTE, as it does not appear to cover products requiring premarket government approval under 35 U.S.C. § 156.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The Google Patents page indicates that US9055255 is part of a patent family with 101 members, including continuations, divisionals, and parent applications sharing a priority claim. While the specific type (continuation or divisional) for each is not explicitly stated in all cases, the list of family members provides insight into related applications.

Some of the related family members listed include:

• US9118967B2 (filed Apr 16, 2013)
• US8863198B2 (filed Apr 16, 2013)
• US9118864B2 (filed Apr 16, 2013)
• US9060152B2 (filed Apr 16, 2013)
• US9363457B2 (filed Aug 16, 2013)
• US9271039B2 (filed Aug 16, 2013)
• US9426515B2 (filed Aug 16, 2013)
• US9237291B2 (filed Aug 16, 2013)

Several application publications are also listed, such as US20140059596A1, US20140067954A1, US20140053194A1, US20140068673A1, US20140059599A1, and US20140053212A1, all filed on August 16, 2013, and currently marked as "Abandoned."

Related Family Members

The patent family for US9055255 consists of 101 related applications that share a priority claim. These patents and applications are derived from the earliest priority date, which is June 14, 2012.

Projected Expiration Date

The filing date for US9055255 is August 16, 2013, and its earliest priority date is August 17, 2012. Generally, a U.S. patent's term is 20 years from its earliest non-provisional filing date. The Google Patents page for US9055255 currently indicates a "Projected expiration" date of "2033-08-16". The "IHatePatentTrolls" database indicates a "Projected expiration: Jun 14, 2032 active". This earlier date on IHatePatentTrolls is based on 20 years past the earliest priority date (June 14, 2012), and explicitly states it "does not reflect terminal disclaimers, patent term adjustment, or extension."

Considering the filing date of August 16, 2013, a base patent term of 20 years would lead to an expiration date of August 16, 2033. This aligns with the "Anticipated expiration" date provided in the Google Patents information for US9055255.

It's important to note that this projected date does not account for any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that may have been granted due to USPTO delays, or any potential terminal disclaimers. To get the definitive expiration date, including any PTA, the official documentation from the USPTO, typically found in the patent's file wrapper, would need to be reviewed.