Patent family
US 6555554
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 (13)
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
- Jul 24, 1996
- Projected expiration
- Jul 24, 2016expired
- Application number
- US09/781,179
Parent applications (1)
- US6281230B1ContinuationOn dossierfiled Apr 6, 2000
Family members (2)
- US5635517B1On dossierfiled Jul 24, 1996Expired - Lifetime
- US7119106B2On dossierfiled Jan 6, 2003Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (9)
- US6555554B2On dossierfiled Feb 12, 2001
- US7119106B2On dossierfiled Jan 6, 2003
- US7629360B2 ↗filed Nov 17, 2005
- US7709502B2 ↗filed Apr 12, 2006
- US8158653B2 ↗filed Apr 12, 2006
- US8288415B2On dossierfiled Dec 10, 2009
- US20130030021A1 ↗filed Sep 18, 2012
- US20140187584A1 ↗filed Jan 15, 2014
- US20160096818A1 ↗filed Oct 6, 2015
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.