Patent family
US 5978773
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 (20)
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 20, 1995
- Projected expiration
- Jun 20, 2015expired
- Application number
- US08/538,365
Family members (6)
- US6199048B1On dossierfiled Jan 15, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US7383209B2On dossierfiled Jan 29, 2004Expired - Fee Related
- US7765126B2On dossierfiled Jun 20, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US8131597B2On dossierfiled Jun 30, 2010Expired - Fee Related
- US8805728B2On dossierfiled Dec 13, 2011Expired - Fee Related
- US20140361071A1 ↗filed Aug 11, 2014Abandoned
Other priority claims (13)
- US5978773AOn dossierfiled Oct 3, 1995
- AU6388496A ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- ATE310280T1 ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- WO1997001137A1 ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- DE69635448T2 ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- EP1622077A1 ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- EP0832453B2 ↗filed Jun 19, 1996
- US6199048B1On dossierfiled Jan 15, 1999
- US7383209B2On dossierfiled Jan 29, 2004
- US7765126B2On dossierfiled Jun 20, 2007
- US8131597B2On dossierfiled Jun 30, 2010
- US8805728B2On dossierfiled Dec 13, 2011
- US20140361071A1 ↗filed Aug 11, 2014
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.