Patent family
US 6561977
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 (19)
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
- Oct 23, 2000
- Projected expiration
- Oct 23, 2020expired
- Application number
- US09/965,155
Parent applications (2)
- US6315720B1ContinuationOn dossierfiled Oct 23, 2000
- US6315720B1DivisionOn dossierfiled Oct 23, 2000
Family members (8)
- US6315720B1On dossierfiled Oct 23, 2000Expired - Lifetime
- US6755784B2On dossierfiled Mar 7, 2003Expired - Lifetime
- US6869399B2On dossierfiled Jan 22, 2004Expired - Lifetime
- US7141018B2On dossierfiled Jan 3, 2005Expired - Lifetime
- US7959566B2On dossierfiled May 19, 2006Expired - Fee Related
- US8315886B2On dossierfiled Dec 13, 2010Expired - Fee Related
- US8626531B2On dossierfiled Aug 22, 2012Expired - Fee Related
- US20130046554A1 ↗filed Oct 19, 2012Abandoned
Other priority claims (8)
- US6561977B2On dossierfiled Sep 27, 2001
- US6755784B2On dossierfiled Mar 7, 2003
- US6869399B2On dossierfiled Jan 22, 2004
- US7141018B2On dossierfiled Jan 3, 2005
- US7959566B2On dossierfiled May 19, 2006
- US8315886B2On dossierfiled Dec 13, 2010
- US8626531B2On dossierfiled Aug 22, 2012
- US20130046554A1 ↗filed Oct 19, 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.