Asserter profile
ZUGARA, INC.
operating company2 patents now2 ever1 cases filed during tenure6 connections
PTAB exposure
2of this entity’s patents have been challenged at PTAB (2 total proceedings). 1 currently have active 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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Nzugara["ZUGARA, INC."]
Nszymczyk_matthew_benoff_jack_callens_blake_forsman_hans_von_["SZYMCZYK, MATTHEW; BENOFF, JACK; CALLEN…"]
Nhungen_aaron_von["HUNGEN, AARON VON"]
Ncallens_blake["CALLENS, BLAKE"]
Nweisheit_mark["WEISHEIT, MARK"]
Ntkachuk_andrey["TKACHUK, ANDREY"]
Nszymczyk_matthew_goldberg_alex_forsman_hans_benoff_jack["SZYMCZYK, MATTHEW; GOLDBERG, ALEX; FORS…"]
Nszymczyk_matthew_benoff_jack_callens_blake_forsman_hans_von_ ==>|"⚖️ 2015 · Assignment · 10482517"| Nzugara
Nhungen_aaron_von -->|"2006 · Assignment · 10200654"| Nzugara
Ncallens_blake -->|"2009 · Assignment · 10200654"| Nzugara
Nweisheit_mark -->|"2010 · Assignment · 10200654"| Nzugara
Ntkachuk_andrey -->|"2013 · Assignment · 10200654"| Nzugara
Nszymczyk_matthew_goldberg_alex_forsman_hans_benoff_jack -->|"2018 · Assignment · 10200654"| Nzugara
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 Nzugara focal
Patents currently held (2)
- Zugara, Inc. v. Jand, Inc. filed 2025-02
Connected entities (6)
- SZYMCZYK, MATTHEW; BENOFF, JACK; CALLENS, BLAKE; FORSMAN, HANS; VON HUNGEN, AARONindividual1 patent · ⚖️ 1
- HUNGEN, AARON VONindividual1 patent
- CALLENS, BLAKEindividual1 patent
- WEISHEIT, MARKindividual1 patent
- TKACHUK, ANDREYindividual1 patent
- SZYMCZYK, MATTHEW; GOLDBERG, ALEX; FORSMAN, HANS; BENOFF, JACKindividual1 patent
Correspondent attorneys (2)
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.
- Matthew T. Szymczyk5 appearances
- ROBERT J. STUMPF, JR.· THE LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT J. STUMPF, JR.1 appearance