Asserter profile

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

operating company3 patents now4 ever0 cases filed during tenure3 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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    Nnational_science_foundation["NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION"]
    Narizona_state_university_tempe["ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY, TEMPE"]
    Ncarnegie_mellon_university["CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY"]
    Nsri["SRI INTERNATIONAL"]
    Nhong_jason_i_sadeh_koniecpol_norman_cranshaw_justin_schwartz["HONG, JASON I.; SADEH-KONIECPOL, NORMAN…"]
    Ncheyer_adam_j_martin_david_l["Cheyer, Adam J.; Martin, David L."]
    Nipa["IPA Technologies Inc."]
    Nnadamuni_raghavan_aswin_zhang_david_c_chai_sek_m_shields_tim["NADAMUNI RAGHAVAN, ASWIN; ZHANG, DAVID…"]
    Nnadamuni_raghavan_aswin["NADAMUNI RAGHAVAN, ASWIN"]
    Ngovernment_of_the_united_states_as_represented_by_the_secret["GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES AS REPR…"]
    Narizona_state_university_tempe -->|"2016 · CONFIRMATORY LICENSE · 10574721"| Nnational_science_foundation
    Ncarnegie_mellon_university -->|"2025 · LICENSE · 11222349"| Nnational_science_foundation
    Ncarnegie_mellon_university -->|"2025 · Confirmatory License · 10713672"| Nnational_science_foundation
    Nsri -->|"2024 · LICENSE (CONFIRMATORY LICENSE) · 11328206"| Nnational_science_foundation
    Nhong_jason_i_sadeh_koniecpol_norman_cranshaw_justin_schwartz -->|"2013 · Assignment · 9846887"| Ncarnegie_mellon_university
    Nhong_jason_i_sadeh_koniecpol_norman_cranshaw_justin_schwartz -->|"2020 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST · 11222349"| Ncarnegie_mellon_university
    Nhong_jason_i_sadeh_koniecpol_norman_cranshaw_justin_schwartz -->|"2020 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 10713672"| Ncarnegie_mellon_university
    Nhong_jason_i_sadeh_koniecpol_norman_cranshaw_justin_schwartz -->|"2020 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 10713672"| Ncarnegie_mellon_university
    Ncheyer_adam_j_martin_david_l -->|"1999 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 7069560"| Nsri
    Nsri ==>|"⚖️ 2016 · Assignment of Assignors Interest · 7069560"| Nipa
    Nnadamuni_raghavan_aswin_zhang_david_c_chai_sek_m_shields_tim -->|"2017 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST · 11328206"| Nsri
    Nnadamuni_raghavan_aswin -->|"2017 · CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT · 11328206"| Nsri
    Nsri -->|"2024 · LICENSE (CONFIRMATORY LICENSE) · 11328206"| Ngovernment_of_the_united_states_as_represented_by_the_secret
    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 Nnational_science_foundation focal
    class Nsri operating
    class Nipa npe

Patents currently held (3)

Patents previously held (1)

Connected entities (3)

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.