Patent family
US 7693959
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 (16)
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
- Jul 14, 1998
- Projected expiration
- Jul 14, 2018expired
- Application number
- US11/515,171
Parent applications (1)
- US7103645B2 ↗Continuationfiled Apr 17, 2003
Family members (8)
- US6108703AOn dossierfiled May 19, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6553413B1On dossierfiled Jun 28, 2000Expired - Lifetime
- US7103645B2 ↗filed Apr 17, 2003Expired - Lifetime
- US8073961B2 ↗filed Apr 5, 2010Expired - Fee Related
- US8271617B2 ↗filed Dec 5, 2011Expired - Fee Related
- US8577997B2 ↗filed Sep 15, 2012Expired - Fee Related
- US9641482B2 ↗filed Nov 4, 2013Expired - Fee Related
- US20170237705A1 ↗filed May 1, 2017Abandoned
Other priority claims (6)
- US7693959B2On dossierfiled Sep 1, 2006
- US8073961B2 ↗filed Apr 5, 2010
- US8271617B2 ↗filed Dec 5, 2011
- US8577997B2 ↗filed Sep 15, 2012
- US9641482B2 ↗filed Nov 4, 2013
- US20170237705A1 ↗filed May 1, 2017
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.