Patent family
US 7004016
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
- Feb 10, 1981
- Projected expiration
- Feb 10, 2001expired
- Application number
- US09/370,302
Parent applications (3)
- US5834871A ↗Continuationfiled Sep 24, 1996
- US6016821A ↗Divisionfiled Jun 15, 1998
- US6462461B1 ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Jun 30, 2000
Family members (5)
- US6016821A ↗filed Jun 15, 1998Expired - Lifetime
- US6242847B1 ↗filed Aug 9, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6181052B1 ↗filed Aug 9, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6288476B1 ↗filed Aug 9, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6172444B1 ↗filed Aug 9, 1999Expired - Lifetime
Other priority claims (10)
- US7004016B1On dossierfiled Aug 9, 1999
- US6538360B2 ↗filed Oct 29, 2001
- US6822372B2 ↗filed Jun 24, 2002
- US7211927B2 ↗filed Apr 15, 2004
- US7211928B2 ↗filed May 27, 2004
- US7210354B2 ↗filed Jan 31, 2005
- US20060086604A1 ↗filed Jul 1, 2005
- US20080047575A1 ↗filed Jun 28, 2006
- US8075695B2 ↗filed Feb 9, 2007
- US7741753B2 ↗filed Oct 29, 2007
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.