Extensions

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE) for US9560177

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA)

Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) compensates patent applicants for delays incurred during the prosecution of a patent application by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). This applies to utility and plant patents filed on or after May 29, 2000. The total PTA is added to the standard 20-year term of the patent from its earliest priority filing date.

For US patent 9560177, the Google Patents information does not explicitly state the amount of Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) granted. However, the anticipated expiration date of "2031-12-08" already reflects any granted PTA, as PTA is automatically calculated and applied at the time of patent grant.

Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

Patent Term Extension (PTE) is designed to restore patent term lost due to delays in obtaining regulatory approval for certain products, such as human drugs, medical devices, and food additives, from agencies like the FDA. This process involves a separate application by the patent holder.

Based on the available information for US patent 9560177, there is no indication that any Patent Term Extension (PTE) has been applied for or granted. This type of patent term extension is typically applicable to patents covering products requiring pre-market regulatory review, and there's no mention of such a product or regulatory approval process associated with this patent.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

• Continuation Applications: A continuation application is a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior non-provisional application and filed before the patenting or abandonment of or termination of proceedings on the first application. The later-filed application benefits from the filing date of the original application.
  US9560177B2 is identified as a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/983,001, filed on Jul. 31, 2013. This parent application, in turn, is based on International Application No. PCT/JP2011/078439, filed on Dec. 8, 2011, which is based on Japanese Patent Application No. 2011-031752, filed on Feb. 17, 2011.

• Divisional Applications: A divisional application is a type of continuing application filed when an earlier application claimed two or more independent and distinct inventions, and the USPTO required the applicant to restrict the application to one of them. The other inventions can then be pursued in divisional applications.
  The provided information for US9560177 does not explicitly mention any divisional applications.

Related Family Members

The patent family for US9560177B2 includes several related applications and patents across different jurisdictions, all stemming from the same priority date.

• Priority Application: JP2011-031752 (filed 2011-02-17)
• International Application: PCT/JP2011/078439 (filed 2011-12-08, published as WO2012111222A1)
• Parent US Applications:
  • US13/983,001 (filed 2013-07-31, issued as US9313128B2)
• Other Published Versions/Family Members:
  • US20160198025A1 (publication of US15/072,558)
  • CN103380600B
  • EP2677705A4
  • JP5565476B2

Projected Expiration Date

The "Anticipated expiration" date listed for US patent 9560177 is 2031-12-08. This date is typically calculated as 20 years from the earliest priority date (February 17, 2011, from JP2011-031752) plus any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) and minus any applicant delays.

It should be noted that the "Priority date" listed on Google Patents is 2011-02-17, corresponding to JP2011-031752. The International Application PCT/JP2011/078439 was filed on 2011-12-08. Given the listed expiration date, it is likely that the PTA calculation is based on the priority date of the Japanese application or the international application.