Patent family
US 8638340
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 (15)
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
- US12/799,930
Parent applications (2)
- US6995870B2Continuation-In-PartOn dossierfiled Jan 7, 2002
- US7728845B2 ↗Divisionfiled Aug 31, 2005
Family members (6)
- US7728845B2 ↗filed Aug 31, 2005Expired - Fee Related
- US20140132778A1 ↗filed Jan 22, 2014Abandoned
- US9516288B2On dossierfiled Nov 5, 2015Expired - Fee Related
- US9894340B2 ↗filed Dec 2, 2016Expired - Fee Related
- US10038884B2 ↗filed Feb 12, 2018Expired - Fee Related
- US10560676B2 ↗filed Jul 29, 2018Expired - Fee Related
Other priority claims (6)
- US8638340B2On dossierfiled May 5, 2010
- US20140132778A1 ↗filed Jan 22, 2014
- US9516288B2On dossierfiled Nov 5, 2015
- US9894340B2 ↗filed Dec 2, 2016
- US10038884B2 ↗filed Feb 12, 2018
- US10560676B2 ↗filed Jul 29, 2018
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.