US 7,578,796 · Application 11/238,733 · Granted Aug 25, 2009
US 7,578,796
Method of shockwave treating fish and shellfish
Estimated expiration
November 5, 2025
Expired 343 days ago
Earliest effective filing
Mar 4, 2005
+ 20 years
Mar 4, 2025
PTA +386d
Mar 25, 2026
TD cap (US 7,470,240)
Nov 5, 2025
Final
Nov 5, 2025
This calculation includes patent term adjustment (PTA) under 35 U.S.C. §154(b). Patent term extension (PTE) under 35 U.S.C. §156 (for FDA-regulated products) is not included. Terminal disclaimers can affect PTA (In re Cellect, LLC).
Calculation details
Base term
- Filing date
- September 29, 2005
- Earliest effective filing
- March 4, 2005
- Issue date
- August 25, 2009
- PTA
- +386 days
- Base expiry (before PTA)
- March 4, 2025
March 4, 2005 + 20 years = March 4, 2025 + 386 PTA days = March 25, 2026
- Continuation-in-part of application 11/122,154, filed May 4, 2005, issued as US 7,470,240
- Continuation-in-part of application 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
- Continuation-in-part of application 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
- PRO60/621,028 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/642,149 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/621,028 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/642,149 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/703,319 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/621,028 — Provisional — not used for base term
- PRO60/642,149 — Provisional — not used for base term
Terminal disclaimers
TD caps expiration to November 5, 2025 (earliest expiring referenced patent: US 7,470,240)
US 7,470,240· Application 11/122,154Capping patent
Pressure pulse/shock wave therapy methods and an apparatus for conducting the therapeutic methods
- Filing date
- May 4, 2005
- Earliest effective filing
- Mar 4, 2005
- Issue date
- Dec 30, 2008
- PTA
- +246 days
- Calculated expiration
- Nov 5, 2025
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005 + 20y + 246d PTA = Nov 5, 2025
US 7,578,796· Application 11/238,733(from application 11/238,733)
Method of shockwave treating fish and shellfish
- Filing date
- Sep 29, 2005
- Earliest effective filing
- Mar 4, 2005
- Issue date
- Aug 25, 2009
- PTA
- +386 days
- Calculated expiration
- Mar 25, 2026
Continuation-in-part of 11/122,154, filed May 4, 2005, issued as US 7,470,240
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Continuation-in-part of 11/071,156, filed Mar 4, 2005
Mar 4, 2005 + 20y + 386d PTA = Mar 25, 2026
Patent term extension under 35 U.S.C. §156, which can apply to certain drug, biologic, animal drug and medical device patents, is not included in this calculation. How PTE is calculated
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