Patent family

US 5856971

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 (4)

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
May 13, 1994
Projected expiration
May 13, 2014expired
Application number
US08/504,481

Parent applications (1)

  • US5442625AContinuationOn dossierfiled May 13, 1994

Family members (1)

  • US5442625AOn dossierfiled May 13, 1994Expired - Lifetime

Other priority claims (1)

Sourced from Google Patents · Cached for 30 days · Projected expiration is 20 years past earliest priority and does not reflect terminal disclaimers, patent term adjustment, or extension.