Patent family
US 6974321
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 (26)
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
- Nov 17, 1998
- Projected expiration
- Nov 17, 2018expired
- Application number
- US10/375,230
Parent applications (1)
- US6575746B2 ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Nov 15, 2001
Family members (10)
- US7293990B2 ↗filed Dec 7, 2005Expired - Fee Related
- US7748981B2 ↗filed Oct 29, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US8057227B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009Expired - Fee Related
- US8075310B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009Expired - Fee Related
- US8057228B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009Expired - Fee Related
- US8297973B2 ↗filed Feb 23, 2011Expired - Fee Related
- US8734152B2 ↗filed May 2, 2011Expired - Fee Related
- USD696779S1 ↗filed Oct 26, 2012Active
- US9089389B2 ↗filed May 13, 2014Expired - Fee Related
- US20150320528A1 ↗filed Jul 23, 2015Abandoned
Other priority claims (14)
- US6974321B2On dossierfiled Feb 27, 2003
- US7287981B2 ↗filed Sep 9, 2005
- US7293990B2 ↗filed Dec 7, 2005
- US7611354B2 ↗filed Sep 24, 2007
- US7748981B2 ↗filed Oct 29, 2007
- US8057227B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009
- US8075310B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009
- US8057228B2 ↗filed Jun 9, 2009
- USD615203S1 ↗filed Jun 29, 2009
- US8297973B2 ↗filed Feb 23, 2011
- US8734152B2 ↗filed May 2, 2011
- USD696779S1 ↗filed Oct 26, 2012
- US9089389B2 ↗filed May 13, 2014
- US20150320528A1 ↗filed Jul 23, 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.