Patent family
US 6440458
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 (10)
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
- Mar 26, 1998
- Projected expiration
- Mar 26, 2018expired
- Application number
- US09/403,787
Parent applications (1)
- WO1999049863A1 ↗A-371-Of-Internationalfiled Mar 25, 1999
Family members (4)
- US6576259B2On dossierfiled Oct 17, 2001Expired - Lifetime
- US6884433B2 ↗filed Apr 14, 2003Expired - Lifetime
- US20050169993A1 ↗filed Feb 17, 2005Abandoned
- US8551522B2 ↗filed Nov 5, 2008Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (4)
- US6576259B2On dossierfiled Oct 17, 2001
- US6884433B2 ↗filed Apr 14, 2003
- US20050169993A1 ↗filed Feb 17, 2005
- US8551522B2 ↗filed Nov 5, 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.