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With the current date being May 9, 2026, here is a detailed analysis of the requested information for U.S. Patent No. 9,352,229.

Patent Term and Expiration for U.S. Patent No. 9,352,229

Based on the information available from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and other public patent data sources, the following details pertain to the patent term of U.S. Patent No. 9,352,229:

• Filing Date: June 11, 2015
• Issue Date: May 31, 2016
• Patent Term: The standard term for a U.S. utility patent filed on or after June 8, 1995, is 20 years from the earliest effective filing date.

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) / Patent Term Extensions (PTE):
Upon review of the patent's file history and status, there is no indication that any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) or Patent Term Extension (PTE) has been granted. Therefore, the term is not extended beyond the standard 20 years from the filing date.

Projected Expiration Date:
The projected expiration date for U.S. Patent No. 9,352,229 is June 11, 2035. This is calculated by adding 20 years to the filing date of June 11, 2015. It is important to note that this date is contingent upon the timely payment of all required maintenance fees.

Application and Family Data

• Application Number: This patent was granted from U.S. Patent Application No. 14/736,771.

• Continuity Data: This application is a continuation of PCT International Application No. PCT/EP2014/060587, filed on May 22, 2014.

• Priority Data: This application claims priority to the following provisional applications:

  • U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/882,171, filed on September 25, 2013.
  • U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/826,087, filed on May 22, 2013.

• Related U.S. Patent Documents (Child/Divisional Applications):
  This application is the parent of several divisional applications, which have resulted in the following granted U.S. patents:

  • U.S. Patent No. 9,492,744 (filed as application Ser. No. 14/805,597)
  • U.S. Patent No. 9,533,219 (filed as application Ser. No. 14/805,641)
  • U.S. Patent No. 9,550,116 (filed as application Ser. No. 14/805,661)

This information indicates that the technology disclosed in U.S. Patent No. 9,352,229 is also protected by a family of related patents, which may have different scopes of protection and potentially different expiration dates.