Asserter profile

Inari Medical, Inc.

operating company9 patents now9 ever5 cases filed during tenure7 connections

Also seen as: INARI MEDICAL, INC.

PTAB exposure

8of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (8 total proceedings). 2 had claims invalidated. 5 currently have active proceedings.

Final written decisions are public record. The invalidation grounds usually carry over as § 102 / § 103 ammunition in district court — see IPR estoppel.

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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    Ninari_medical["Inari Medical, Inc."]
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_e_thress_john_c["LUBOCK, PAUL; MERRITT, BENJAMIN E.; THR…"]
    Ntu_thomas["TU, THOMAS"]
    Nmacias_jacqueline_merritt_ben_strauss_brian_michael["MACIAS, JACQUELINE; MERRITT, BEN; STRAU…"]
    Nlubock_paul_thress_john_coleman["LUBOCK, PAUL; THRESS, JOHN COLEMAN"]
    Ninceptus_medical["INCEPTUS MEDICAL, LLC"]
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_edward_thress_john_coleman["LUBOCK, PAUL, MERRITT, Benjamin Edward,…"]
    Nquick_richard_lubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_edward_thress_joh["QUICK, RICHARD; LUBOCK, PAUL; MERRITT,…"]
    Nquick_richard["QUICK, Richard"]
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_e_thress_john_c -->|"2024 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest · 12109384"| Ninari_medical
    Ntu_thomas -->|"2023 · Assignment · 11969333"| Ninari_medical
    Nmacias_jacqueline_merritt_ben_strauss_brian_michael ==>|"⚖️ 2023 · Assignment · 11969333"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_thress_john_coleman -->|"2024 · Assignment · 11969333"| Ninari_medical
    Ntu_thomas -->|"2023 · Assignment · 11974910"| Ninari_medical
    Nmacias_jacqueline_merritt_ben_strauss_brian_michael ==>|"⚖️ 2023 · Assignment · 11974910"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_thress_john_coleman -->|"2024 · Assignment · 11974910"| Ninari_medical
    Ninceptus_medical -->|"2023 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 12156669"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_edward_thress_john_coleman -->|"2024 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 12156669"| Ninari_medical
    Nquick_richard_lubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_edward_thress_joh -->|"2024 · Assignment · 12239333"| Ninari_medical
    Ntu_thomas -->|"2022 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11554005"| Ninari_medical
    Nmacias_jacqueline_merritt_ben_strauss_brian_michael ==>|"⚖️ 2022 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11554005"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_thress_john_coleman -->|"2024 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 11554005"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_e_thress_john_c -->|"2022 · Assignment · 11697012"| Ninari_medical
    Nlubock_paul_merritt_benjamin_e_thress_john_c ==>|"⚖️ 2022 · Assignment · 11697011"| Ninari_medical
    Ninceptus_medical ==>|"⚖️ 2019 · Assignment · 11154314"| Ninari_medical
    Ntu_thomas -->|"2024 · Assignment · 11154314"| Ninari_medical
    Nquick_richard -->|"2019 · Assignment · 11154314"| Ninceptus_medical
    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 Ninari_medical focal
    class Ninceptus_medical operating

Patents currently held (9)

Connected entities (7)

Correspondent attorneys (5)

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.