Asserter profile

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE RESEARCH FOUNDATION

operating company2 patents now2 ever0 cases filed during tenure2 connections

Also seen as: University of Tennessee Research Foundation

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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    Nj_douglas_birdwell_and_mark_e_dean_and_catherine_schuman["J. Douglas Birdwell and Mark E. Dean an…"]
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    Nj_douglas_birdwell_and_mark_e_dean_and_catherine_schuman -->|"2014 · Assignment · 10095718B2"| Nuniversity_of_tennessee_research_foundation
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Patents currently held (2)

Connected entities (2)

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.