Patent family
US 5736721
Continuation, divisional, and parent applications sharing a priority claim with this patent. Most asserted patents are continuations — the sibling list is the assertion surface a defendant has to plan against. Sourced from Google Patents, cached for 30 days.
Patent family (12)
Continuations, divisionals, and parent applications sharing a priority claim with this patent. Most asserted patents are continuations — siblings expand the assertion surface a defendant has to plan against.
- Earliest priority
- Dec 28, 1987
- Projected expiration
- Dec 28, 2007expired
- Application number
- US08/457,507
Parent applications (1)
- US5448046ADivisionOn dossierfiled Aug 18, 1994
Family members (6)
- US5448046AOn dossierfiled Aug 18, 1994Expired - Lifetime
- US5883373A ↗filed Feb 3, 1997Expired - Lifetime
- US5889268A ↗filed Jun 17, 1997Expired - Lifetime
- US6131814A ↗filed Sep 26, 1997Expired - Fee Related
- US6644549B1 ↗filed Nov 12, 1997Expired - Fee Related
- US6308888B1 ↗filed Apr 13, 2000Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (4)
- US5736721AOn dossierfiled Jun 1, 1995
- US6131814A ↗filed Sep 26, 1997
- US6308888B1 ↗filed Apr 13, 2000
- US6937998B1 ↗filed Oct 24, 2000
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