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.

5 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
SUNG, MICHAELindividual0102
BT Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.operating co0102
Counterpane Internet Security, Inc.operating co0102
the AOL entity group—0101
Vesa Saynajakangas; Tommi Opas; Jari Raglundindividual0101
NAVTEQ North America LLCoperating co0102
NAVTEQ Corporationoperating co0102
COATCHECKER GMBHoperating co0102
HGST Netherlands B.V.operating co0102
National Westminster Bank USA—0102
Symbol Technologies, Inc., a corporation of New Yorkoperating co0101
CEMTEK SYSTEMS INCoperating co0101
Eastman Kodak Co. and ~18 Kodak affiliates (Pakon, NPEC, FPC, Qualex, Kodak Americas, Lasers-Pacific, et al.)operating co0101
Eastman Kodak Company; Pakon, Inc.; Qualex Inc.; Kodak Imaging Network, Inc.; Kodak Americas, Ltd.; Kodak Realty, Inc.; Kodak (Near East), Inc.; Kodak Portuguesa Limited; Kodak Aviation Leasing LLC; Far East Development Ltd.; FPC Inc.; NPEC Inc.; Kodak Philippines, Ltd.; Creo Manufacturing America LLC; Eastman Kodak International Capital Company, Inc.; Laser-Pacific Media Corporationoperating co0101
The Kodak entity group (Eastman Kodak Company and numerous listed subsidiaries)operating co0101
Kodak Portuguesa Limited; Eastman Kodak International Capital Company, Inc.; Kodak Americas, Ltd.; Far East Development Ltd.; Eastman Kodak Company; Kodak Aviation Leasing LLC; Kodak (Near East), Inc.; Kodak Realty, Inc.; Kodak Imaging Network, Inc.; Creo Manufacturing America LLC; FPC Inc.; Kodak Philippines, Ltd.; Pakon, Inc.; NPEC Inc.; Laser-Pacific Media Corporation; Qualex Inc.operating co0101
Eastman Kodak Company and ~17 Kodak affiliates (Kodak Philippines, NPEC, Kodak Imaging Network, Kodak Realty, Qualex, FPC, Kodak Aviation Leasing, Eastman Kodak International Capital, Pakon, Creo Manufacturing America, Kodak Near East, Far East Development, Laser-Pacific Media, Kodak Americas, Kodak Portuguesa, among others)operating co0101
Kodak entities (release)operating co0101
Eastman Kodak Company and the Kodak subsidiary groupoperating co0101
Eastman Kodak Company and numerous Kodak affiliatesoperating co0101