Extensions

To provide a comprehensive detail for US Patent 9651320 regarding patent term adjustments (PTA), patent term extensions (PTE), continuation/divisional applications, related family members, and the projected expiration date, I need to consult the official USPTO records for this specific patent. The provided search results offer general definitions and principles of patent term calculations but do not contain specific information for patent 9651320 itself.

Here's what I can infer from the patent text and the general rules about patent terms:

• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA): PTA compensates for delays caused by the USPTO during the prosecution of a utility or plant patent application. The total PTA is added to the 20-year lifespan of the issued U.S. patent. The specific PTA for US9651320 would be indicated on the face of the patent or in its prosecution history. Without direct access to the USPTO's Patent Center or PAIR (Patent Application Information Retrieval) system for US9651320, I cannot provide the exact PTA amount.

• Patent Term Extension (PTE): PTE is granted to compensate for delays in obtaining regulatory approval on a patented product, typically for pharmaceuticals. Given the title "ICT equipment" for US9651320, it is highly unlikely to have received any Patent Term Extension under 35 U.S.C. § 156.

• Continuation and Divisional Applications: These are applications that claim priority to an earlier-filed application. A patent granted on such an application filed on or after June 8, 1995, will have a term that ends twenty years from the filing date of the earliest application for which a benefit is claimed. The patent text indicates that US9651320 is based upon and claims the benefit of priority from Japanese patent application No. 2012-046673, filed on March 2, 2012. The US application number is US13/782,490, filed on March 1, 2013. The patent text itself does not explicitly state that US13/782,490 is a continuation or divisional of another US application. If it were, this would be indicated in its front page data.

• Related Family Members: The patent states that it claims priority to Japanese patent application No. 2012-046673, filed on March 2, 2012. Other related family members are listed in the "Also Published As" section and include:

  • EP2634668B1 (and its earlier publication EP2634668A2, EP2634668A3)
  • US20130228325A1 (the US publication of the application)
  • ES3024610T3 (and its earlier application ES13155888T)
  • JP2013183077A (and its granted version JP5321706B2)

• Projected Expiration Date: The legal status of US9651320B2 is "Active," and it states "expires 2035-05-27". The term of a utility patent generally ends 20 years from the earliest effective filing date of the application or any application for which it claims priority.

  The priority date for US9651320 is March 2, 2012 (from Japanese application No. 2012-046673).
  The US filing date for application US13/782,490 is March 1, 2013.

  Since the patent states "expires 2035-05-27," and the statutory 20-year term from the earliest priority date (March 2, 2012) would be March 2, 2032, this indicates that the patent has received Patent Term Adjustment (PTA). The "Adjusted expiration" date of 2035-05-27 already accounts for any PTA. The USPTO does not calculate expiration dates for patents, but provides a calculator and guidance.

To get precise details about PTA, specific continuation/divisional relationships (beyond claiming foreign priority), and a definitive expiration date as determined by the USPTO, one would typically consult the Patent Data Portal or Public PAIR system on the USPTO website for US9651320. However, based on the provided text, the expiration date of May 27, 2035, is an adjusted expiration.