Patent family
US 6398548
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 (28)
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, 1997
- Projected expiration
- Jun 20, 2017expired
- Application number
- US09/466,353
Parent applications (4)
- US5975893AContinuationOn dossierfiled Oct 8, 1997
- US5975893AContinuation-In-PartOn dossierfiled Oct 8, 1997
- WO1998058596A1 ↗Continuationfiled Jun 19, 1998
- US6309215B1 ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Dec 3, 1999
Family members (11)
- US5975893AOn dossierfiled Oct 8, 1997Expired - Lifetime
- US6217325B1 ↗filed Apr 23, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6210162B1 ↗filed May 14, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US7474307B2 ↗filed Dec 21, 2000Expired - Fee Related
- US6626666B2 ↗filed Jan 8, 2001Expired - Lifetime
- US6699037B2On dossierfiled Feb 21, 2001Expired - Lifetime
- US6629840B2On dossierfiled Feb 21, 2001Expired - Lifetime
- US20040166456A1 ↗filed Aug 8, 2003Abandoned
- US7134874B2 ↗filed Nov 20, 2003Expired - Fee Related
- US8105080B2 ↗filed Aug 24, 2006Expired - Fee Related
- US8562340B2 ↗filed Dec 22, 2011Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (12)
- US6398548B1On dossierfiled Dec 17, 1999
- US7802987B1 ↗filed Aug 18, 2000
- AU744385B2 ↗filed Sep 1, 2000
- AU779176B2 ↗filed Dec 19, 2001
- US6722880B2On dossierfiled Jan 14, 2002
- US6554611B2On dossierfiled May 30, 2002
- US20030008259A1 ↗filed Jun 11, 2002
- US7059850B1 ↗filed Aug 1, 2003
- US7125248B2 ↗filed Sep 12, 2003
- AU2005201222B2 ↗filed Mar 22, 2005
- US20050244782A1 ↗filed Apr 19, 2005
- AU2008227067B2 ↗filed Sep 25, 2008
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.