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Patent Family and Term Information for US Patent 9622032

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) and Extensions (PTE)

Based on the available information, there is no explicit mention of Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) or Patent Term Extensions (PTE) specifically calculated or granted for US Patent 9622032 in the provided patent document or the search results.

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): PTA compensates patentees for delays caused by the USPTO during patent prosecution. It is typically calculated and issued automatically by the USPTO and listed on the patent document itself or in an Issue Notification Letter. For applications filed on or after May 29, 2000, the patent term can be extended for delays such as failure to issue a first office action within 14 months, failure to respond to an applicant's reply within 4 months, or failure to issue the patent within 3 years of the actual filing date.
• Patent Term Extension (PTE): PTE is available for patents covering certain human drug products, medical devices, food or color additives, animal drugs, and veterinary biological products to restore term lost during regulatory approval processes (e.g., FDA approval). There is no indication from the patent's title or abstract that US9622032 falls into these categories.

To definitively confirm PTA or PTE for US9622032, a direct review of the patent's file history in USPTO Patent Center would be necessary.

Continuation and Divisional Applications

The patent text for US9622032 explicitly states that it is a continuation of several earlier applications:

• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/561,426, filed Dec. 5, 2014
• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/315,703, filed Jun. 26, 2014 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,934,922 on Jan. 13, 2015)
• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/250,517, filed Apr. 11, 2014 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 9,042,910 on May 26, 2015)
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/294,641, filed Apr. 12, 2010 (issued as U.S. Pat. No. 8,738,040 on May 27, 2014)

This chain of continuation applications means that US9622032 benefits from the priority date of the earliest non-provisional application in this chain, which is likely U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/294,641, filed on April 12, 2010, or potentially even earlier via the international application it claims priority from.

A continuation application allows an applicant to pursue additional claims to an invention disclosed in an earlier "parent" application that has not yet been issued or abandoned, using the same specification and claiming priority from the parent.

There is no specific mention of divisional applications directly related to US9622032 in the provided text. A divisional application is filed when an earlier application disclosed more than one invention, and the applicant wishes to pursue claims to a different invention disclosed in the original application.

Related Family Members

The patent explicitly claims priority to:

• International Application No. PCT/EP2007/052939, filed Mar. 27, 2007
• European Patent Application No. 06111804.8 filed Mar. 28, 2006

These are international and foreign patent application family members from which US9622032 claims priority. The US patent family members identified as parent applications are:

• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/561,426
• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/315,703 (U.S. Pat. No. 8,934,922)
• U.S. application Ser. No. 14/250,517 (U.S. Pat. No. 9,042,910)
• U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/294,641 (U.S. Pat. No. 8,738,040)

Projected Expiration Date

Most U.S. patents have a term of 20 years from the earliest non-provisional filing date in their priority chain, subject to any PTA or PTE.

The earliest priority date for US9622032 is March 28, 2006, from European Patent Application No. 06111804.8. The earliest US non-provisional filing date in the direct chain of continuations is April 12, 2010 (U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/294,641).

Assuming a standard 20-year patent term from the earliest non-provisional US filing date of April 12, 2010, the anticipated expiration date would be April 12, 2030.

Google Patents also lists an "Anticipated expiration" date of 2030-04-12. This aligns with a 20-year term from the U.S. filing date of the earliest application in the chain, U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/294,641, filed April 12, 2010, without any patent term adjustment or extension considered in this simplified calculation.

To calculate the precise expiration date, including any PTA, one would need to review the "Issue Notification Letter" for US9622032 which provides the official PTA calculation. However, based on the provided information and general patent term rules, April 12, 2030, is the most likely projected expiration date.