Asserter profile

Hercules Capital, Inc.

operating company1 patents now1 ever0 cases filed during tenure1 connections

PTAB exposure

1of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (1 total proceeding).

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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    Nhercules_capital["Hercules Capital, Inc."]
    Nbrain["Brain Corporation"]
    Nborja_ibarz_gabardos_jean_baptiste_passot["Borja Ibarz Gabardos, Jean-Baptiste Pas…"]
    Nbrain -->|"2021 · Security Agreement · 10001780"| Nhercules_capital
    Nborja_ibarz_gabardos_jean_baptiste_passot -->|"2017 · Assignment · 10001780"| Nbrain
    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 Nhercules_capital focal
    class Nbrain operating

Patents currently held (1)

Connected entities (1)

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.