Patent family
US 7945544
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 (23)
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
- Apr 11, 1995
- Projected expiration
- Apr 11, 2015expired
- Application number
- US11/980,688
Parent applications (4)
- US7949662B2 ↗Continuationfiled Dec 23, 2003
- US8099420B2 ↗Continuationfiled Dec 22, 2004
- US8082262B2 ↗Continuationfiled Mar 15, 2007
- US8001096B2 ↗Continuationfiled Oct 31, 2007
Family members (14)
- US5978791A ↗filed Oct 24, 1997Expired - Lifetime
- US6415280B1 ↗filed Apr 1, 1999Expired - Lifetime
- US6928442B2 ↗filed Nov 15, 2001Expired - Lifetime
- US7949662B2 ↗filed Dec 23, 2003Expired - Fee Related
- US8099420B2 ↗filed Dec 22, 2004Expired - Fee Related
- US8082262B2 ↗filed Mar 15, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US7945539B2 ↗filed Oct 31, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US8001096B2 ↗filed Oct 31, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US7802310B2 ↗filed Oct 31, 2007Expired - Fee Related
- US20110196894A1 ↗filed Apr 21, 2011Abandoned
- US20110225177A1 ↗filed May 6, 2011Abandoned
- US20110231647A1 ↗filed May 17, 2011Abandoned
- US20120117111A1 ↗filed Jan 17, 2012Abandoned
- US20120131058A1 ↗filed Jan 17, 2012Abandoned
Other priority claims (4)
- US7945544B2On dossierfiled Oct 31, 2007
- US20110196894A1 ↗filed Apr 21, 2011
- US20110225177A1 ↗filed May 6, 2011
- US20110231647A1 ↗filed May 17, 2011
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.