Asserter profile
Silicon Graphics, Inc.
operating company0 patents now1 ever0 cases filed during tenure2 connections
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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Nsilicon_graphics["Silicon Graphics, Inc."]
Ngiuseppe_gennaro_jake_h_mcgowan_anne_p_wagner_kinney_wong_be["Giuseppe Gennaro, Jake H. McGowan, Anne…"]
Nmicrosoft["Microsoft Corporation"]
Nwalker_digital["Walker Digital, LLC"]
Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing["Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC"]
Ngiuseppe_gennaro_jake_h_mcgowan_anne_p_wagner_kinney_wong_be -->|"1996 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nsilicon_graphics
Nsilicon_graphics -->|"2002 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nmicrosoft
Nmicrosoft ==>|"⚖️ 2010 · Assignment · 5742768"| Nwalker_digital
Nmicrosoft -->|"2014 · Change of Name · 5742768"| Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing
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 Nsilicon_graphics focal
class Nmicrosoft operating
class Nwalker_digital npe
class Nmicrosoft_technology_licensing operating
Patents previously held (1)
- US 57427681996-10-08 → 2002-01-24
Connected entities (2)
- Giuseppe Gennaro, Jake H. McGowan, Anne P. Wagner, Kinney Wong, Benjamin A. Zamora (Inventors)individual1 patent
- Microsoft Corporationoperating company1 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.
- John F. Luman1 appearance