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Term, Adjustments, and Family Details for US Patent 9,665,705

As of May 3, 2026, a detailed review of the prosecution history and family data for U.S. Patent 9,665,705 reveals key information regarding its term and related applications.

Patent Term and Expiration

• Projected Expiration: The anticipated expiration date for this patent is August 13, 2024. This date is calculated 20 years from the earliest effective filing date of the patent family, which is August 13, 2004, based on its relationship to a PCT application. The patent text explicitly states it is a continuation of U.S. Application No. 10/568,207, which was filed on August 13, 2004.
• Current Status: According to public patent databases, the legal status of US Patent 9,665,705 is "Expired - Lifetime." This indicates that the patent term has concluded and is no longer in force.
• Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) / Extension (PTE): There is no indication of any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) or Patent Term Extension (PTE) for this patent. A PTA would typically be granted to compensate for delays caused by the USPTO during prosecution. Given that the application leading to the '705 patent was filed in 2016 and granted in 2017, the prosecution was relatively swift, making a significant PTA unlikely.

Continuity and Application History

US Patent 9,665,705 is part of a larger family of applications and claims a long history of continuity.

• Direct Continuation: The patent is a direct continuation of U.S. Application No. 10/568,207, which has a filing date of August 13, 2004.
• Parent Application: U.S. Application 10/568,207 is the U.S. national stage of International Application No. PCT/AU2004/001083, which also has a filing date of August 13, 2004.
• Provisional Application: The PCT application claims priority to Australian provisional application AU2003904317A, filed on August 13, 2003. This is the earliest priority date in the patent family.

Related Family Members

The patent family for US 9,665,705 includes several related applications filed in the United States and other countries, indicating a broad strategy to protect the invention.

• U.S. Family Members:
  • U.S. Application No. 13/572,166: Filed August 10, 2012 (Now Expired).
  • U.S. Application No. 15/592,809: Filed May 11, 2017 (Abandoned).
• International Family Members: The patent is related to applications filed in several international jurisdictions, including Australia (AU), Canada (CA), China (CN), Europe (EP), and Japan (JP), stemming from the PCT application PCT/AU2004/001083. Many of these have a status of expired or ceased.