Extensions — US Patent US7391791B2

For US Patent US7391791B2, the following details regarding patent term adjustments, extensions, related applications, and expiration are available from the provided patent text:

Patent Term Adjustments (PTA) / Patent Term Extensions (PTE)

The patent's legal status indicates an "Adjusted expiration" date of 2025-04-01. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en] While the provided information explicitly states an "Adjusted expiration," it does not differentiate whether this adjustment is due to Patent Term Adjustment (PTA), typically for delays during patent prosecution, or Patent Term Extension (PTE), usually granted for delays in regulatory review (e.g., pharmaceuticals). However, the existence of an adjusted date confirms that the standard 20-year term from the earliest filing date (December 17, 2002) was altered.

Continuation Applications

The patent family information reveals several applications that claim priority to the same priority date as US7391791B2 (December 17, 2001) and share a similar title, indicating they are related continuation applications:

US11/933,194 (published as US20080240165A1): Explicitly identified as a "Continuation" in the "Related Child Applications" section, filed on October 31, 2007. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US12/710,146 (published as US8406257B2): Claims priority to the same date, filed on February 22, 2010. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US13/850,260 (published as US8942252B2): Claims priority to the same date, filed on March 25, 2013. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]

Divisional Applications

No applications are explicitly identified as "Divisional" in the provided patent text.

Related Family Members

The family of US7391791B2 includes the following:

US10/322,335: The parent application for US7391791B2, filed on December 17, 2002. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US20030221161A1: A publication of the parent application US10/322,335, published on November 27, 2003. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US11/933,194 (US20080240165A1): A continuation application. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US12/710,146 (US8406257B2): A likely continuation application. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US13/850,260 (US8942252B2): A likely continuation application. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
US34157401P: The provisional application (U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/341,574) filed on December 17, 2001, to which US10/322,335 (and thus US7391791B2) claims priority. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]
AU2002361767A1 and WO2003054686A2: International and Australian family members. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en]

Projected Expiration Date

The legal status for US7391791B2 is listed as "Expired - Lifetime, expires 2025-04-01". [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US7391791B2/en] This "Adjusted expiration" date of April 1, 2025, indicates that the patent has already expired as of the current date (June 3, 2026).