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Microsoft Corporation

operating company0 patents now27 ever0 cases filed during tenure31 connections

Also seen as: MICROSOFT CORPORATION

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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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    Nmicrosoft["Microsoft Corporation"]
    Nsilicon_graphics["Silicon Graphics, Inc."]
    Nwalker_digital["Walker Digital, LLC"]
    Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing["Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC"]
    Nlamport_leslie_b["Lamport, Leslie B."]
    Nhazel_thomas_g["HAZEL, THOMAS G."]
    Nleslie_b_lamport["Leslie B. Lamport"]
    Ndinan_s_gunawardena_peter_b_key_laurent_massouli["Dinan S. Gunawardena; Peter B. Key; Lau…"]
    Nrajeev_surati_peter_l_beebee_leon_c_w_wong_sudhanshu_m_aggar["Rajeev Surati; Peter L. Beebee; Leon C.…"]
    Nrajeev_surati_peter_l_beebee_martin_r_calsyn_leon_c_w_wong_s["Rajeev Surati; Peter L. Beebee; Martin…"]
    Nzhao_jason_xiaobo_pearson_mark_guinn_julie_ann_hill_ryan_cha["ZHAO, JASON XIAOBO; PEARSON, MARK; GUIN…"]
    Nayyagari_arun_sheth_sachin_c_ganugapati_krishna_moore_timoth["Ayyagari, Arun; Sheth, Sachin C.; Ganug…"]
    Njohn_j_messerly["John J. Messerly"]
    Naol["AOL LLC"]
    Nrobert_kilroy_hughes_harry_pyle["Robert Kilroy Hughes; Harry Pyle"]
    Nselvaraj_nalliah_shivakumar_seetharaman_salman_zafar_john_al["Selvaraj Nalliah; Shivakumar Seetharama…"]
    Nmichael_j_wallent_rajeev_dujari_anand_ramakrishna_loren_m_ko["Michael J. Wallent, Rajeev Dujari, Anan…"]
    Nalbadawi_haithem_fung_han_yee_mimi["ALBADAWI, HAITHEM; FUNG, Han Yee Mimi"]
    Nfeng_wu_shipeng_li_ya_qin_zhang["Feng Wu; Shipeng Li; Ya-Qin Zhang"]
    Nmatthew_d_bookspan_robert_d_donner_deborah_l_dubrow_markham_["Matthew D. Bookspan, Robert D. Donner,…"]
    Nhilal_al_hilali_abhishek_gulati_mark_sok_man_hong_samuel_li_["Hilal Al-Hilali; Abhishek Gulati; Mark…"]
    Nbahl_paramvir_miu_allen_k_l["BAHL, PARAMVIR; MIU, ALLEN K.L."]
    Ngeorge_g_robertson_daniel_c_robbins_maarten_roderik_van_dant["George G. Robertson; Daniel C. Robbins;…"]
    Nkevin_gjerstad_patrice_y_simard_michael_s_cooper_radoslav_pe["Kevin Gjerstad; Patrice Y. Simard; Mich…"]
    Nstoakley_richard_w_kurtz_james_b_green_todd_j_ramasubramania["Stoakley, Richard W.; Kurtz, James B.;…"]
    Nrockstar_bidco["Rockstar Bidco, LP"]
    Nwebtv_networks["WebTV Networks, Inc."]
    Nrovi["ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION"]
    Nbahl_paramvir_venkatachary_srinivasan_balachandran_anand["Bahl, Paramvir; Venkatachary, Srinivasa…"]
    Nkikin_gil_erez_pearson_mark_eugene_sachidanandam_vignesh_gri["Kikin-Gil, Erez; Pearson, Mark Eugene;…"]
    Npaul_moore["Paul Moore"]
    Nbahl_paramvir_venkatatchary_srinivasan_balachandran_anand["Bahl, Paramvir; Venkatatchary, Srinivas…"]
    Ngiuseppe_gennaro_jake_h_mcgowan_anne_p_wagner_kinney_wong_be["Giuseppe Gennaro, Jake H. McGowan, Anne…"]
    Nlinkedin["LinkedIn Corporation"]
    Ntippana_sreevani["TIPPANA, SREEVANI"]
    Nparamvir_bahl_paul_n_bennett_tim_paek["Paramvir Bahl; Paul N. Bennett; Tim Paek"]
    Namerica_online["America Online, Inc."]
    Ntarquin_consulting["Tarquin Consulting Co., LLC"]
    Njames_a_roskind_john_d_robinson["James A. Roskind; John D. Robinson"]
    Ninternetad_systems["InternetAd Systems, LLC"]
    Nlira_luigi["LIRA, LUIGI"]
    Nfacebook["Facebook, Inc."]
    Nnortel_networks["Nortel Networks Limited"]
    N2256355_ontario["2256355 ONTARIO LIMITED"]
    Napple["Apple Inc."]
    Nrockstar_consortium_us["Rockstar Consortium US LP"]
    Nblackketter_dean_j_park_timothy_f_white_christopher_m_yaksic["Blackketter, Dean J.; Park, Timothy F.;…"]
    Nsonic_solutions["SONIC SOLUTIONS"]
    Nadeia["ADEIA TECHNOLOGIES INC."]
    Nsilicon_graphics -->|"2002 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft ==>|"⚖️ 2010 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nwalker_digital
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Change of Name · 5742768"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nlamport_leslie_b -->|"2004 · Assignment · 7698465"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7698465"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nhazel_thomas_g -->|"2001 · Assignment · 7188317"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7188317"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nleslie_b_lamport -->|"2002 · Assignment · 7558883"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7558883"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 5699495"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Ndinan_s_gunawardena_peter_b_key_laurent_massouli -->|"2003 · Assignment · 7225267"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7225267"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nrajeev_surati_peter_l_beebee_leon_c_w_wong_sudhanshu_m_aggar -->|"2000 · Assignment · 6260148"| Nmicrosoft
    Nrajeev_surati_peter_l_beebee_martin_r_calsyn_leon_c_w_wong_s -->|"2001 · Assignment · 6260148"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6260148"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nzhao_jason_xiaobo_pearson_mark_guinn_julie_ann_hill_ryan_cha -->|"2015 · Assignment · 9875009"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2015 · Assignment · 9875009"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nayyagari_arun_sheth_sachin_c_ganugapati_krishna_moore_timoth -->|"2001 · Assignment · 7120129"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7120129"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Njohn_j_messerly -->|"1997 · Assignment · 5941944"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 5941944"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Naol -->|"2012 · Assignment · 7725110"| Nmicrosoft
    Naol -->|"2012 · Assignment · 7725110"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7725110"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nrobert_kilroy_hughes_harry_pyle -->|"2010 · Assignment · 8782268"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8782268"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nselvaraj_nalliah_shivakumar_seetharaman_salman_zafar_john_al -->|"2010 · Assignment · 8725813"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8725813"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmichael_j_wallent_rajeev_dujari_anand_ramakrishna_loren_m_ko -->|"1998 · Assignment · 6366912"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6366912"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nalbadawi_haithem_fung_han_yee_mimi -->|"2014 · Assignment · 9874457"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2015 · Assignment · 9874457"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nfeng_wu_shipeng_li_ya_qin_zhang -->|"2000 · Assignment · 6700933"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6700933"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmatthew_d_bookspan_robert_d_donner_deborah_l_dubrow_markham_ -->|"1999 · Assignment · 6629129"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6629129"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nhilal_al_hilali_abhishek_gulati_mark_sok_man_hong_samuel_li_ -->|"2004 · Assignment · 8028239"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8028239"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nbahl_paramvir_miu_allen_k_l -->|"2002 · Assignment · 8041815"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8041815"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Ngeorge_g_robertson_daniel_c_robbins_maarten_roderik_van_dant -->|"1998 · Assignment · 6414677"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6414677"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7577839"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8059137"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nkevin_gjerstad_patrice_y_simard_michael_s_cooper_radoslav_pe -->|"2006 · Assignment · 7725326"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 5881213"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nstoakley_richard_w_kurtz_james_b_green_todd_j_ramasubramania -->|"2001 · Assignment · 7249326"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7249326"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7543267"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2013 · Assignment · 8116781"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 8116781"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nwebtv_networks -->|"2014 · Merger · 7237253"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7237253"| Nrovi
    Nbahl_paramvir_venkatachary_srinivasan_balachandran_anand -->|"2000 · Assignment · 6834341"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6834341"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nkikin_gil_erez_pearson_mark_eugene_sachidanandam_vignesh_gri -->|"2012 · Assignment · 10241643"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2015 · Assignment · 10241643"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Npaul_moore -->|"1999 · Assignment · 6952831"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6952831"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nbahl_paramvir_venkatatchary_srinivasan_balachandran_anand -->|"2000 · Assignment · 7444669"| Nmicrosoft
    Nbahl_paramvir_venkatachary_srinivasan_balachandran_anand -->|"2001 · Correction · 7444669"| Nmicrosoft
    Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7444669"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Ngiuseppe_gennaro_jake_h_mcgowan_anne_p_wagner_kinney_wong_be -->|"1996 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nsilicon_graphics
    Nlinkedin -->|"2017 · Assignment · 9154536"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Ntippana_sreevani -->|"2018 · Assignment · 10126236"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Nparamvir_bahl_paul_n_bennett_tim_paek -->|"2017 · Assignment · 10145697"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
    Namerica_online -->|"2006 · Correction · 6891807"| Naol
    Naol -->|"2009 · Assignment · 6891807"| Ntarquin_consulting
    Njames_a_roskind_john_d_robinson -->|"2009 · Assignment · 7911979"| Naol
    Naol -->|"2009 · Assignment · 7911979"| Ntarquin_consulting
    Namerica_online -->|"2006 · Correction · 7177285"| Naol
    Naol -->|"2009 · Assignment · 7177285"| Ntarquin_consulting
    Namerica_online -->|"2009 · Change of Name · 7725110"| Naol
    Naol -->|"2008 · Assignment · 5572643"| Ninternetad_systems
    Naol -->|"2008 · Assignment · 6457025"| Ninternetad_systems
    Naol -->|"2008 · Assignment of assignors' interest · 6185586"| Ninternetad_systems
    Naol -->|"2008 · Assignment · 5737619"| Ninternetad_systems
    Nlira_luigi -->|"2002 · Assignment · 9041737"| Naol
    Naol -->|"2012 · Assignment · 9041737"| Nfacebook
    Namerica_online -->|"Change of Name · 9041737"| Naol
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 7529305"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2012 · Assignment · 7529305"| N2256355_ontario
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6920125"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2012 · Assignment · 6920125"| Napple
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6633564"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2012 · Assignment · 6633564"| Napple
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6091808"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6091808"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 7050861"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 7050861"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6799210"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2012 · Assignment · 6799210"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 5991389"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 5991389"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6798786"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6798786"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 7035390"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2012 · Assignment · 7035390"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 5526414"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 5526414"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 6772205"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Assignment · 6772205"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 7092727"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nrockstar_bidco -->|"2014 · Reassignment · 7092727"| Nrockstar_consortium_us
    Nnortel_networks -->|"2011 · Assignment · 8116781"| Nrockstar_bidco
    Nblackketter_dean_j_park_timothy_f_white_christopher_m_yaksic -->|"2000 · Assignment · 7237253"| Nwebtv_networks
    Nsonic_solutions -->|"2016 · Assignment · 9235428"| Nrovi
    Nrovi ==>|"⚖️ 2022 · Change of Name · 9235428"| Nadeia
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    class Ninternetad_systems npe
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Patents previously held (27)

US 59419441997-03-03 → 2014-10-14
US 63669121998-07-13 → 2014-10-14
US 64146771998-11-30 → 2014-12-09
US 69528311999-02-26 → 2014-10-14
US 66291291999-06-16 → 2014-10-14
US 68343412000-02-22 → 2014-12-09
US 67009332000-05-19 → 2014-12-09
US 74446692001-01-16 → 2014-12-09
US 72493262001-04-04 → 2014-10-14
US 71883172001-06-13 → 2014-10-14
US 71201292001-07-23 → 2014-10-14
US 62601482001-08-14 → 2014-12-09
US 57427682002-01-24 → 2010-03-23
US 80418152002-07-09 → 2014-10-14
US 75588832002-12-16 → 2014-12-09
US 72252672003-01-27 → 2014-10-14
US 80282392004-04-19 → 2006-10-10
US 76984652004-11-23 → 2014-10-14
US 77253262006-08-10 → 2006-08-11
US 87258132010-09-29 → 2014-12-09
US 87822682010-11-03 → 2014-12-09
US 77251102012-11-19 → 2014-10-14
US 102416432012-12-21 → 2015-01-09
US 81167812013-03-12 → 2014-12-09
US 72372532014-06-04 → 2014-12-08
US 98744572014-06-25 → 2015-01-09
US 98750092015-03-24 → 2015-03-24

Connected entities (31)

Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCoperating company30 patents
Bahl, Paramvir; Venkatachary, Srinivasan; Balachandran, Anandindividual2 patents
Silicon Graphics, Inc.operating company1 patent
Walker Digital, LLCNPE1 patent · ⚖️ 1
Lamport, Leslie B.individual1 patent
HAZEL, THOMAS G.individual1 patent
Leslie B. Lamportindividual1 patent
Dinan S. Gunawardena; Peter B. Key; Laurent Massouliéindividual1 patent
Rajeev Surati; Peter L. Beebee; Leon C. W. Wong; Sudhanshu M. Aggarwalindividual1 patent
Rajeev Surati; Peter L. Beebee; Martin R. Calsyn; Leon C. W. Wong; Sudhanshu M. Aggarwalindividual1 patent
ZHAO, JASON XIAOBO; PEARSON, MARK; GUINN, JULIE ANN; HILL, RYAN CHARLESindividual1 patent
Ayyagari, Arun; Sheth, Sachin C.; Ganugapati, Krishna; Moore, Timothy M.; Bahl, Pradeep; Peicu, Mihai S.; Teodorescu, Florinindividual1 patent
John J. Messerlyindividual1 patent
AOL LLCoperating company1 patent
Robert Kilroy Hughes; Harry Pyleindividual1 patent
Selvaraj Nalliah; Shivakumar Seetharaman; Salman Zafar; John Allen Atwood; David P. Limont; Joseph T. Flint; Alexandru Leconiucindividual1 patent
Michael J. Wallent, Rajeev Dujari, Anand Ramakrishna, Loren M. Kohnfelder, Lewis Geerindividual1 patent
ALBADAWI, HAITHEM; FUNG, Han Yee Mimiindividual1 patent
Feng Wu; Shipeng Li; Ya-Qin Zhangindividual1 patent
Matthew D. Bookspan, Robert D. Donner, Deborah L. Dubrow, Markham F. MacLin, Paul C. Poon, John E. Tafoyaindividual1 patent
Hilal Al-Hilali; Abhishek Gulati; Mark Sok-Man Hong; Samuel Li; John Anthony Messec; Jonathan Marshall Rowlett; Daniel Thomas Travison, Jr.individual1 patent
BAHL, PARAMVIR; MIU, ALLEN K.L.individual1 patent
George G. Robertson; Daniel C. Robbins; Maarten Roderik Van Dantzichindividual1 patent
Kevin Gjerstad; Patrice Y. Simard; Michael S. Cooper; Radoslav Petrov Nickolov; Charles E. Jacobsindividual1 patent
Stoakley, Richard W.; Kurtz, James B.; Green, Todd J.; Ramasubramanian, Ramkumar; Guzak, Chris J.; Springfield, James F.individual1 patent
Rockstar Bidco, LPNPE1 patent
WebTV Networks, Inc.operating company1 patent
ROVI TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONNPE1 patent
Kikin-Gil, Erez; Pearson, Mark Eugene; Sachidanandam, Vignesh; Grieb, Doreen; Malatack, Patrickindividual1 patent
Paul Mooreindividual1 patent
Bahl, Paramvir; Venkatatchary, Srinivasan; Balachandran, Anandindividual1 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.

(no name)· Merchant & Gould1 appearance