Asserter profile

MERCK SERONO SA

operating company2 patents now2 ever1 cases filed during tenure2 connections

PTAB exposure

2of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (3 total 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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    Nmerck_serono["MERCK SERONO SA"]
    Nlopez_bresnahan_maria_ythier_arnaud_munafo_alain["LOPEZ-BRESNAHAN, MARIA, YTHIER, ARNAUD,…"]
    Nlaboratoires_serono["LABORATOIRES SERONO SA"]
    Nde_luca_giampiero["DE LUCA, GIAMPIERO"]
    Nlopez_bresnahan_maria_ythier_arnaud_munafo_alain -->|"2010 · Assignment · 8377903"| Nmerck_serono
    Nlaboratoires_serono -->|"2010 · Merger · 8377903"| Nmerck_serono
    Nlopez_bresnahan_maria_ythier_arnaud_munafo_alain -->|"2009 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 7713947"| Nmerck_serono
    Nlaboratoires_serono -->|"2009 · Change of Name · 7713947"| Nmerck_serono
    Nlaboratoires_serono -->|"2009 · Change of Name · 7713947"| Nmerck_serono
    Nde_luca_giampiero -->|"2010 · Assignment · 8377903"| Nlaboratoires_serono
    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 Nmerck_serono focal
    class Nlaboratoires_serono operating

Patents currently held (2)

Connected entities (2)

Correspondent attorneys (4)

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.