Patent family
US 5987610
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 (18)
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
- Feb 12, 1998
- Projected expiration
- Feb 12, 2018expired
- Application number
- US09/022,512
Family members (7)
- US6397335B1 ↗filed Aug 26, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US20020138766A1 ↗filed May 21, 2002Abandoned
- US20020174350A1 ↗filed Jul 16, 2002Abandoned
- US7774840B2 ↗filed Mar 26, 2004Expired - Fee Related
- US7363655B2 ↗filed Nov 10, 2004Expired - Fee Related
- US8407796B2 ↗filed Jul 28, 2010Expired - Fee Related
- US9197661B2 ↗filed Sep 14, 2012Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (10)
- US5987610AOn dossierfiled Feb 12, 1998
- WO1999041875A1 ↗filed Feb 3, 1999
- AU2577399A ↗filed Feb 3, 1999
- US6397335B1 ↗filed Aug 26, 1999
- US20020138766A1 ↗filed May 21, 2002
- US20020174350A1 ↗filed Jul 16, 2002
- US7774840B2 ↗filed Mar 26, 2004
- US7363655B2 ↗filed Nov 10, 2004
- US8407796B2 ↗filed Jul 28, 2010
- US9197661B2 ↗filed Sep 14, 2012
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.