Extensions — US Patent 9290153

U.S. Patent No. 9,290,153: Term,Continuity, and Family Data

To: File
From: Senior Patent Analyst
Date: May 1, 2026
Subject: Term and Relationship Analysis for U.S. Patent No. 9,290,153 B2

This document details the patent term, application history, and related patents for U.S. Patent No. 9,290,153 ("the '153 patent").

Patent Term and Expiration

Filing Date: April 13, 2015
Issue Date: March 22, 2016
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): The '153 patent was granted a total of 0 days of Patent Term Adjustment by the USPTO. The application processing did not incur delays attributable to the USPTO that would warrant an extension under 35 U.S.C. § 154(b).
Patent Term Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. § 156. Such extensions are typically granted for products that undergo a pre-market regulatory review process, such as pharmaceuticals, and are not applicable here.
Projected Expiration Date: The term of a U.S. patent is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest U.S. non-provisional application to which it claims priority. The application for the '153 patent (14/684,856) is a continuation of a chain of applications originating with applications filed on March 14, 2012.
- Earliest Priority Date: March 14, 2012
- Calculated Expiration Date: March 14, 2032 (20 years from the earliest priority date).

This date is subject to the timely payment of all required maintenance fees.

Continuity and Application History

The '153 patent is part of a larger family of applications and results from a series of continuation applications. This allows it to claim the benefit of earlier filing dates.

Application Number: 14/684,856 (Filed April 13, 2015)

This application is a Continuation of:

U.S. Application No. 13/840,240, filed March 15, 2013, now U.S. Patent No. 9,031,739.

Which is a Continuation-in-part of:

U.S. Application No. 13/420,240, filed March 14, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 8,948,951.
U.S. Application No. 13/420,236, filed March 14, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 8,660,731.
U.S. Application No. 13/462,596, filed May 2, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 9,073,531.
U.S. Application No. 13/462,593, filed May 2, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 8,892,291.
U.S. Application No. 13/679,363, filed November 16, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 9,182,822.
U.S. Application No. 13/679,306, filed November 16, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 9,211,874.
U.S. Application No. 13/679,842, filed November 16, 2012, now U.S. Patent No. 8,979,159.

There are no divisional applications directly related to the '153 patent's application number.

Patent Family Members

The '153 patent is part of a large family of related U.S. patents and publications stemming from the priority applications listed above. The direct family members include its own application publication and the parent patents from which it claims priority.

Direct Parent Patents:
Application Publication for the '153 Patent:
- US 2015/0232065 A1