Ownership network

Asserters.

Every entity that has appeared as an assignee on a tracked US patent. Built from structured records extracted from each patent’s assignment-history dossier. Click any column header to sort; defaults to most cases filed. Entities markedNPE orshell LLC are flagged this way by the model from the patent dossier — known asserter lists, no products in commerce, registered-agent addresses, single-purpose Delaware/Texas LLCs. These classifications are inferences, not determinations, and may be wrong — treat an entity marked NPE or shell LLC as a possible one, to verify, not a confirmed one.

3 possible patent-rental round-trips — patents that moved A → B → A while B filed at least one infringement suit during its tenure. The round-trip is a structural pattern, not proof of intent: it can also reflect a security interest and release, a correction, or a financing deal. Flagged rows are marked below — treat them as leads to verify.

EntityTypePatents nowPatents everCases filedConnectionsFlags
L-1 SECURE CREDENTIALING, INC. (FORMERLY KNOWN AS DIGIMARC CORPORATION)operating co0001
KNOWLES, C. HARRY, WILZ, DAVID M., SR.individual0001
METEOR HOLDING CORP., METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC., OMNIPLANAR, INC.operating co0001
PALMER, JASON M.individual0001
PALMER, JASON M.; PALMER, SHELTON L.individual0001
Frank C. Hudetz, Peter R. Hudetzindividual0002
NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC., NEOMEDIA MICRO PAINT REPAIR, INC., NEOMEDIA MIGRATION, INC., NEOMEDIA TELECOM SERVICES, INC.operating co0001
PHILYAW, JEFFRY JOVAN; ADAMS, PAUL SCOVELL; MATHEWS, DAVID KENT; SMITH, BRAD MAXWELLindividual0001
DIGITAL CONVERGENCE.COM, INC.operating co0001
DIGITAL:CONVERGENCE CORPORATION, FORMERLY KOWN AS DIGITAL CONVERGENCE.COM INC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS DIGITAL CONVERGENCE.COM INC.operating co0001
TURPIN, JACK A.individual0001
HUDETZ, FRANK Cindividual0001
STUMM, CHRISTIANindividual0001
Garrett Russell, David M. Wilz, Sr., Carl Harry Knowlesindividual0001
ADAPTIVE OPTICS ASSOCIATES, INC., METROLOGIC INSTRUMENTS, INC.operating co0001
CARPENTER, GUY A.individual0001
WENGERTER, CHRISTIAN; GOLITSCHEK EDLER VON ELBWART, ALEXANDER; SEIDEL, EIKOindividual0001
PANASONIC CORPORATION; PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA; PANASONIC SYSTEM NETWORKS CORPORATIONoperating co0001
PANASONIC SYSTEM NETWORKS CO., LTD.; PANASONIC CORPORATION; PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICAoperating co0001
CHARLES W. FRITZ, JAMES J. KEIL, JOHN A. LOPIANO, NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.individual0001
DURHAM, RYAN CONNELL; ISAACSON, THOMAS M.individual0001
HARVEY, JOHN C., CUDDIHY, JAMES W.individual0001
PERSONALIZED MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, LLCNPE0001
CHEUNG, WAI KUEN, LAW, KWOK WAH, So, Chiu Mingindividual0001
VILLALPANDO, ERNESTO CARLOS MARTINEZindividual0002