Asserter profile
FORTINET, INC.
operating company4 patents now7 ever1 case filed during tenure7 connections
Also seen as: Fortinet, Inc.
PTAB exposure
4of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (4 total proceedings). 4 currently have active proceedings.
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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Nfortinet["FORTINET, INC."]
Ncosine_communications["COSINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC."]
Npalisade["PALISADE TECHNOLOGIES, LLP"]
Nwoven_assignment_for_the_benefit_of_creditors["WOVEN (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CR…"]
Ndong_liang["DONG LIANG"]
Nlacework["Lacework, Inc."]
Ngraves_jamie_r_leonard_carson_little_matthew_j["GRAVES, JAMIE R.; LEONARD, Carson; LITT…"]
Nignacio_franzoni_martinez_joan_ruiz_sanchez["Ignacio Franzoni Martinez; Joan Ruiz Sa…"]
Nabraham_r_matthews["ABRAHAM R MATTHEWS"]
Nchih_tang_sun["CHIH-TANG SUN"]
Nkiho_yum["KIHO YUM"]
Nalaxala_networks["Alaxala Networks Corporation"]
Nathena_security["ATHENA SECURITY, LLP"]
Nsandisk["SanDisk Technologies Inc."]
Nwoven_systems["WOVEN SYSTEMS, INC."]
Ntheron_tock_vimalkumar_jeyakumar_vikram_kapoor_ying_xie_yijo["Theron Tock; Vimalkumar Jeyakumar; Vikr…"]
Nyijou_chen_lfar_erlingsson["Yijou Chen; Úlfar Erlingsson"]
Ncosine_communications -->|"2006 · Assignment · 8250357"| Nfortinet
Nfortinet -->|"2025 · Assignment · 8250357"| Npalisade
Nwoven_assignment_for_the_benefit_of_creditors -->|"2009 · ASSIGNMENT · 7702742"| Nfortinet
Nfortinet -->|"2025 · ASSIGNMENT · 7702742"| Npalisade
Ndong_liang ==>|"⚖️ 2014 · Assignment · 9503421"| Nfortinet
Nfortinet -->|"2025 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest · 9503421"| Npalisade
Nlacework -->|"2024 · Assignment · 12244621"| Nfortinet
Ngraves_jamie_r_leonard_carson_little_matthew_j -->|"2019 · Assignment · 11449623"| Nfortinet
Nignacio_franzoni_martinez_joan_ruiz_sanchez -->|"2020 · Assignment · 11290527"| Nfortinet
Nlacework -->|"2024 · Assignment · 12126695"| Nfortinet
Nabraham_r_matthews -->|"2002 · Assignment · 8250357"| Ncosine_communications
Nchih_tang_sun -->|"2002 · Assignment · 8250357"| Ncosine_communications
Nkiho_yum -->|"2002 · Assignment · 8250357"| Ncosine_communications
Nalaxala_networks -->|"2025 · Assignment · 7969880"| Npalisade
Npalisade ==>|"⚖️ 2025 · Assignment · 7969880"| Nathena_security
Nsandisk -->|"2024 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST · 9281314"| Npalisade
Nsandisk ==>|"⚖️ 2024 · Assignment · 9281314"| Npalisade
Nsandisk ==>|"⚖️ 2024 · Assignment · 8327051"| Npalisade
Nsandisk ==>|"⚖️ 2024 · Assignment · 8996838"| Npalisade
Nsandisk ==>|"⚖️ 2024 · Assignment · 9524974"| Npalisade
Nsandisk ==>|"⚖️ 2024 · Assignment · 8148962"| Npalisade
Npalisade ==>|"⚖️ 2025 · Assignment · 8250357"| Nathena_security
Npalisade ==>|"⚖️ 2025 · ASSIGNMENT · 7702742"| Nathena_security
Npalisade ==>|"⚖️ 2025 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest · 9503421"| Nathena_security
Nwoven_systems -->|"2009 · ASSIGNMENT · 7702742"| Nwoven_assignment_for_the_benefit_of_creditors
Ntheron_tock_vimalkumar_jeyakumar_vikram_kapoor_ying_xie_yijo -->|"2022 · Assignment · 12244621"| Nlacework
Nyijou_chen_lfar_erlingsson -->|"2023 · Assignment · 12126695"| Nlacework
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 Nfortinet focal
class Ncosine_communications operating
class Npalisade npe
class Nwoven_assignment_for_the_benefit_of_creditors shell
class Nlacework operating
class Nalaxala_networks operating
class Nathena_security npe
class Nsandisk operating
class Nwoven_systems operating
Patents currently held (4)
Patents previously held (3)
- US 82503572006-07-13 → 2025-11-12
- US 77027422009-07-24 → 2025-11-19
- US 95034212014-03-17 → 2025-11-19
- Fortinet, Inc. v. Palo Alto Networks, Inc. filed 2020-05-19
Connected entities (7)
- PALISADE TECHNOLOGIES, LLPNPE3 patents
- Lacework, Inc.operating company2 patents
- COSINE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.operating company1 patent
- WOVEN (ASSIGNMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF CREDITORS), LLCshell LLC1 patent
- DONG LIANGindividual1 patent · ⚖️ 1
- GRAVES, JAMIE R.; LEONARD, Carson; LITTLE, MATTHEW J.individual1 patent
- Ignacio Franzoni Martinez; Joan Ruiz Sanchezindividual1 patent
Correspondent attorneys (3)
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.
- (no name)· BEYER WEAVER & THOMAS1 appearance
- MARK A BORING· BEYER LAW GROUP1 appearance
- WONG, CHONG HUNG1 appearance