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Adjusted Expiration is Anticipated Expiration + Term Extension or Adjustment. For example, see the first page of US-8566251-B2:
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The adjusted-expiration has 96 days added on due to the term extension. But note – there is a terminal disclaimer. We do not know what is in that. So , we tell you that there is one by adding a terminal-disclaimer flag, but we cannot adjust the date without more information.
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The anticipated and adjusted expiration date fields can be useful in searching. However, one must be careful.
For example, if one wants you want to see how many US grants expire in 2020, it is important to note that the ifi_expdyear_adj field is only present in a record if there has been a term adjustment or extension. When there is no adjustment or extension, there is no adjusted expiration date and users . Therefore, you must use the anticipated expiration date.
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