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Analysis of Patent Term, Adjustments, and Family for US Patent 9,235,259

As of May 10, 2026, the following details pertain to the term and lineage of US Patent 9,235,259.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Filing Date: The application for this patent, US 13/512,139, was filed on November 26, 2010.
• Standard Term: Utility patents filed after June 8, 1995, have a standard term of 20 years from the earliest non-provisional filing date. For this patent, that date is November 26, 2010.
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) grants Patent Term Adjustments to compensate for certain administrative delays during the patent prosecution process. For US 9,235,259, a total of 1,099 days of PTA was granted.
  • This adjustment was calculated based on USPTO processing delays, from which any applicant-induced delays were subtracted.
• Projected Expiration Date: The standard 20-year term from the filing date would end on November 26, 2030. Adding the 1,099 days of PTA results in a projected expiration date of November 30, 2032. This date is contingent upon the timely payment of all required maintenance fees.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no record of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) for this patent. PTE is typically granted for delays caused by regulatory review processes (e.g., by the FDA) and is not applicable in this case.

Continuity and Application History

• Continuation or Divisional Applications: There are no records indicating that US 9,235,259 is a continuation, divisional, or continuation-in-part of any prior US application. Likewise, no continuation or divisional applications have been filed claiming priority to this patent. It is a standalone utility patent.
• Priority Application: The US application (13/512,139) is the national stage entry of the international PCT application PCT/NL2010/050795, which was filed on November 26, 2010. This PCT application claims priority to an earlier European patent application, EP09177411, filed on November 27, 2009. This 2009 date is considered the priority date for the invention.

Patent Family Members

A patent family consists of a set of patent applications filed in various countries to protect a single invention. The family members for US 9,235,259 share the same priority application (EP09177411).

• International (WIPO): WO2011065828A1
• European Patent Office (EPO): EP2328142A1, EP2504834A1, EP2504834B1
• United States: US20120288103A1 (publication of the application), US9235259B2 (the granted patent)