Patent family
US 7509178
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 (25)
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 3, 1995
- Projected expiration
- Nov 3, 2015expired
- Application number
- US09/782,546
Parent applications (4)
- US6199076B1DivisionOn dossierfiled Oct 2, 1996
- US5942976A ↗Divisionfiled Nov 1, 1996
- US69917600A ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Oct 28, 2000
- US20020120925A1 ↗Continuation-In-Partfiled Jan 29, 2002
Family members (8)
- US6199076B1On dossierfiled Oct 2, 1996Expired - Lifetime
- US20080005130A1 ↗filed Aug 2, 2007Abandoned
- US8112504B2On dossierfiled Mar 4, 2009Expired - Fee Related
- US20090177303A1 ↗filed Mar 4, 2009Abandoned
- US20090198357A1 ↗filed Mar 4, 2009Abandoned
- US20090248182A1 ↗filed Apr 20, 2009Abandoned
- US20140163707A1 ↗filed Feb 15, 2014Abandoned
- US20140156808A1 ↗filed Feb 15, 2014Abandoned
Other priority claims (12)
- US7509178B2On dossierfiled Feb 13, 2001
- US7058376B2 ↗filed Dec 30, 2002
- US20060280437A1 ↗filed Jun 1, 2005
- US20070026852A1 ↗filed Oct 3, 2006
- US20080005130A1 ↗filed Aug 2, 2007
- US20090198357A1 ↗filed Mar 4, 2009
- US8112504B2On dossierfiled Mar 4, 2009
- US20090177303A1 ↗filed Mar 4, 2009
- US20090248182A1 ↗filed Apr 20, 2009
- US20140156808A1 ↗filed Feb 15, 2014
- US20140163707A1 ↗filed Feb 15, 2014
- US20160029059A1 ↗filed Mar 4, 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.