Patent family
US 6995870
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 (29)
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
- Feb 26, 1996
- Projected expiration
- Feb 26, 2016expired
- Application number
- US10/040,664
Parent applications (2)
- US6157735A ↗Divisionfiled Aug 18, 1998
- US22900299A ↗Divisionfiled Jan 12, 1999
Family members (12)
- US6043909A ↗filed Feb 26, 1996Expired - Lifetime
- US6157735A ↗filed Aug 18, 1998Expired - Lifetime
- US6750992B1 ↗filed Jan 12, 1999Expired - Fee Related
- US7830546B2On dossierfiled Oct 7, 2005Expired - Fee Related
- US7312897B2On dossierfiled Oct 7, 2005Expired - Fee Related
- US7715052B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006Expired - Fee Related
- US7791761B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006Expired - Fee Related
- US7729008B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006Expired - Fee Related
- US8416444B2On dossierfiled Jun 10, 2010Expired - Fee Related
- US8760704B2On dossierfiled Mar 12, 2013Expired - Fee Related
- US8817314B2On dossierfiled Mar 15, 2013Expired - Fee Related
- US9036209B2 ↗filed Jul 10, 2014Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (14)
- US6995870B2On dossierfiled Jan 7, 2002
- US7280251B1On dossierfiled Jun 29, 2004
- US7728845B2 ↗filed Aug 31, 2005
- US7830546B2On dossierfiled Oct 7, 2005
- US7312897B2On dossierfiled Oct 7, 2005
- US7715052B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006
- US7729008B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006
- US7791761B2On dossierfiled Jun 14, 2006
- US8638340B2On dossierfiled May 5, 2010
- US8416444B2On dossierfiled Jun 10, 2010
- US8760704B2On dossierfiled Mar 12, 2013
- US8817314B2On dossierfiled Mar 15, 2013
- US20140132778A1 ↗filed Jan 22, 2014
- US9036209B2 ↗filed Jul 10, 2014
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.