3.5 Patent familiy

This overview shows you all the members that belong to a particular patent family. A patent family is a group of patents which, like a family,
are all related to each other, in this case by way of the priority or priorities of a particular patent document.

All patent applications designated "Equivalent" have the same priority.
"Member of the patent family" means that only part of the priorities are the same (there may be more or fewer).

If you wish, you can click on the blue links of the individual members of the patent family to view more information about them in esp@cenet®.