Patent family
US 5974164
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 (14)
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
- Jun 7, 1989
- Projected expiration
- Jun 7, 2009expired
- Application number
- US08/531,137
Parent applications (2)
- US5795716AContinuation-In-PartOn dossierfiled Oct 21, 1994
- US6040138A ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Sep 15, 1995
Family members (5)
- US5795716AOn dossierfiled Oct 21, 1994Expired - Lifetime
- US6733964B1 ↗filed Mar 27, 1998Expired - Fee Related
- US6242180B1On dossierfiled Sep 23, 1998Expired - Lifetime
- US6607887B2On dossierfiled Feb 27, 2001Expired - Fee Related
- US20050186581A1 ↗filed Mar 1, 2004Abandoned
Other priority claims (6)
- US5974164AOn dossierfiled Oct 16, 1995
- US6600996B2On dossierfiled Mar 28, 1997
- US6242180B1On dossierfiled Sep 23, 1998
- US6607887B2On dossierfiled Feb 27, 2001
- US20030220748A1 ↗filed May 15, 2003
- US20040175718A1 ↗filed Jul 8, 2003
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.