Extensions

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Patent Term Extensions (PTE) for US9545775

US Patent 9545775 has an adjusted expiration date of August 29, 2034.

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) can extend the term of a U.S. patent to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. This adjustment is added to the standard 20-year lifespan of the patent from its earliest filing date. These delays are typically categorized into "A" delays (USPTO failing to meet certain deadlines), "B" delays (failure to issue a patent within three years of the actual filing date), and "C" delays (delays due to interferences, secrecy orders, or appeals). However, PTA can be reduced if delays are caused by the applicant's actions.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE) are separate from PTA and generally apply to patents covering products, particularly pharmaceuticals, that have undergone regulatory review periods. There is no information within the provided context to suggest that US9545775 has received any Patent Term Extensions.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The patent text explicitly states that US9545775 claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to co-pending U.S. provisional application serial number 61/481,296, filed on May 2, 2011.

The provided information also lists two priority applications:

• US13/461,553, filed on May 1, 2012. This is the application number that led to the grant of US9545775B2.
• US14/088,091, filed on November 22, 2013, which resulted in US9517609B2. This indicates US9517609B2 is a continuing application of some form, claiming priority from the same May 2, 2011 date.

A continuation application allows an applicant to pursue additional claims based on the same disclosure as a prior, co-pending "parent" application, without introducing new subject matter. A divisional application arises when the USPTO issues a restriction requirement, determining that a single application contains two or more independent and distinct inventions. The applicant prosecutes one invention in the parent and files one or more divisionals to pursue the remaining inventions.

Given that US9545775B2 (from application US13/461,553) and US9517609B2 (from application US14/088,091) both claim priority to the same provisional application, and the latter was filed after the former's application, US14/088,091 is likely a continuation or divisional application of US13/461,553, or both are continuations/divisionals of an earlier common non-provisional application that itself claimed priority to the provisional. Without further details on the prosecution history of US14/088,091, the specific type (continuation or divisional) cannot be definitively determined, but it falls under the umbrella of "continuing applications."

Related Family Members

The patent family for US9545775 includes:

• US9545775B2 (granted patent)
• US20120279972A1 (publication of US13/461,553)
• US9517609B2 (granted patent from application US14/088,091)
• US20150147494A1 (publication of US14/088,091)

The priority applications that are part of this family are:

• US13/461,553 (filed May 1, 2012)
• US14/088,091 (filed November 22, 2013)
• US201161481296P (provisional application filed May 2, 2011)

Projected Expiration Date

The "adjusted expiration" date for US9545775 is listed as August 29, 2034. This date already incorporates any Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) that were calculated during the patent's prosecution.

For patents filed on or after June 8, 1995, the standard patent term is 20 years from the filing date of the earliest application for which a benefit is claimed. Since the application for US9545775 (US13/461,553) was filed on May 1, 2012, and claims priority to a provisional application filed on May 2, 2011, the 20-year term would typically run from the non-provisional filing date of May 1, 2012. However, the adjusted expiration date of August 29, 2034, indicates that patent term adjustment has been applied, extending the term beyond the standard 20 years from the effective filing date.