Patent family
US 5940843
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
- Oct 8, 1997
- Projected expiration
- Oct 8, 2017expired
- Application number
- US08/947,257
Other priority claims (3)
- US5940843AOn dossierfiled Oct 8, 1997
- CA2249759C ↗filed Oct 7, 1998
- GB2331169B ↗filed Oct 8, 1998
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.