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For US patent 9982388, here's a detailed breakdown of its patent term and related applications:

1. Patent Term Adjustments (PTA):
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) adds time to a patent's 20-year term to compensate for certain delays caused by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during the prosecution of the patent application. The USPTO calculates PTA based on specific statutory timeframes for action. While the provided information states that the patent is active and expires on March 11, 2036, it does not explicitly detail any specific PTA applied to US9982388. To confirm the exact PTA, it would be necessary to consult the issue notification letter or the patent's electronic file wrapper in Patent Center.

2. Patent Term Extensions (PTE):
Patent Term Extension (PTE) is available for patents on certain products, such as human drugs, food or color additives, medical devices, animal drugs, and veterinary biological products, to compensate for time lost during regulatory review and approval by agencies like the FDA. The maximum length of a PTE is five years. There is no indication in the provided information that US9982388, which relates to fabrics for fiber web machines, has applied for or received any Patent Term Extension. This type of patent is generally not eligible for PTE.

3. Continuation Applications:
A continuation application is a second application for the same invention claimed in a prior nonprovisional application and is filed before the original is abandoned or patented. The USPTO recently implemented a Continuation Application Fee (CAF) for certain continuing applications filed more than six or nine years after their earliest benefit date. The provided patent information does not explicitly list any continuation applications for US9982388. The application number for US9982388 is US14/825,350, with a filing date of 2015-08-13.

4. Divisional Applications:
A divisional application is a type of continuing application that claims subject matter disclosed in an earlier-filed "parent" application but distinct from the claims in the parent application, often filed in response to a restriction requirement by the USPTO examiner when multiple inventions are claimed in a single application. Similar to continuation applications, the provided information does not explicitly list any divisional applications for US9982388.

5. Related Family Members:
The patent "family" generally refers to all patents and patent applications that share a priority claim. For US9982388B2, the following related family member is listed:

• US20170044716A1: This is an earlier publication of the same application, serving as the US patent application publication (A1) for the granted patent US9982388B2.

6. Projected Expiration Date:
The adjusted expiration date for US9982388B2 is 2036-03-11. This date already accounts for any Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) that may have been granted. The general term for a U.S. patent is 20 years from its earliest nonprovisional filing date, subject to any PTA or PTE. The filing date for US9982388 was 2015-08-13.