Defendant
1 case as defendant.
Hart InterCivic Inc. is a privately held American company headquartered in Austin, Texas, specializing in election technologies and services. The company was founded in 1912, initially printing ballots for Texas counties, and later established as a subsidiary in 1989 before becoming Hart InterCivic Inc. in 2000. While specific revenue figures vary by source, estimates range from approximately $18.1M to $43.4M annually, and it employs between 50 and 171 people. H.I.G. Capital made a strategic investment in Hart InterCivic in 2011, and as of 2019, H.I.G. Hart LLC owned a significant majority of the company.
Hart InterCivic provides end-to-end election solutions for state and local governments, aiming to facilitate secure, accurate, and reliable elections. Their product offerings include electronic voting systems, paper ballot systems, and voter-verifiable paper audit trails. Key product lines include the Verity Voting system, encompassing software and hardware for election cycle management, and the newer Vanguard system, which includes Ballot Issuance (Vanguard Boost), Ballot Marking (Vanguard Flex), and Ballot Scanning (Vanguard Vault) solutions. They also offer professional services such as preventative maintenance, equipment readiness, software upgrades, on-site training, and Election Day support.
In terms of patent litigation, Hart InterCivic Inc. operates as an operating company. The company has a single tracked case, appearing solely as a defendant. This posture indicates that Hart InterCivic is typically defending its products or technologies rather than initiating patent assertions.
The sole tracked case involving Hart InterCivic Inc. is "Election Systems & Software, LLC v. Hart InterCivic Inc.," where Hart InterCivic is listed as a defendant in a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceeding initiated on July 17, 2025. This type of proceeding typically involves a challenge to the validity of a patent, rather than an infringement claim in district court, suggesting a focus on intellectual property disputes related to the election technology industry.
A Post-Grant Review (PGR) petition was filed by Election Systems & Software, LLC against Hart InterCivic Inc. at the PTAB, challenging US patent 12125319. The petition was not instituted on the merits.