Asserter profile
Cetus Corporation
operating company0 patents now2 ever0 cases filed during tenure3 connections
Two-hop network
Edges marked ⚖️ overlap with at least one infringement suit filed during the receiving entity’s tenure with the patent. Bold-bordered = this entity. Red = NPE; orange = shell LLC; green = defensive aggregator; blue = operating company.
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Ncetus["Cetus Corporation"]
Nmullis_kary_b_erlich_henry_a_arnheim_norman_horn_glenn_t_sai["Mullis, Kary B.; Erlich, Henry A.; Arnh…"]
Nhoffmann_la_roche["Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc."]
Ndavid_h_gelfand_susanne_stoffel_frances_c_lawyer_randall_k_s["David H. Gelfand; Susanne Stoffel; Fran…"]
Nroche_molecular_systems["Roche Molecular Systems, Inc."]
Nmullis_kary_b_erlich_henry_a_arnheim_norman_horn_glenn_t_sai -->|"1986 · Assignment · 4683195"| Ncetus
Ncetus ==>|"⚖️ 1991 · Assignment · 4683195"| Nhoffmann_la_roche
Ndavid_h_gelfand_susanne_stoffel_frances_c_lawyer_randall_k_s -->|"1987 · Assignment · 4889818"| Ncetus
Ncetus ==>|"⚖️ Assignment · 4889818"| Nhoffmann_la_roche
Nhoffmann_la_roche -->|"1997 · Assignment · 4683195"| Nroche_molecular_systems
Nhoffmann_la_roche ==>|"⚖️ Assignment · 4889818"| Nroche_molecular_systems
classDef focal fill:#fef3c7,stroke:#92400e,stroke-width:3px,color:#1c1917
classDef npe fill:#fee2e2,stroke:#be123c,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef shell fill:#fed7aa,stroke:#9a3412,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef defensive fill:#dcfce7,stroke:#15803d,stroke-width:2px,color:#1c1917
classDef operating fill:#e0f2fe,stroke:#075985,stroke-width:1px,color:#1c1917
class Ncetus focal
class Nhoffmann_la_roche operating
class Nroche_molecular_systems operating
Patents currently held (1)
- US 48898181987-06-16; 1987-06-22 → present
Patents previously held (1)
- US 46831951986-02-07 → 1991-12-11
Connected entities (3)
- Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc.operating company2 patents · ⚖️ 2
- Mullis, Kary B.; Erlich, Henry A.; Arnheim, Norman; Horn, Glenn T.; Saiki, Randall K.; Scharf, Stephen J.individual1 patent
- David H. Gelfand; Susanne Stoffel; Frances C. Lawyer; Randall K. Saikiindividual1 patent
Correspondent attorneys (1)
Attorneys / firms recorded with USPTO when this entity received a patent. Recurrence is the signal — many firms do both NPE and operating-company patent work, so a single appearance doesn’t mean much.
- Albert P. Halluin1 appearance