Defendant
11 cases as defendant.
Intel Corporation, founded in 1968, is a publicly traded multinational technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California. The company, whose name is a portmanteau of "integrated electronics," trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the ticker symbol INTC. For the full year 2025, Intel reported revenue of $52.9 billion. As of fiscal year 2025, the company employed approximately 85,100 people.
Intel is a leading operating company in the semiconductor industry, primarily known for designing and manufacturing microprocessors based on the x86 architecture, which are central components in most personal computers (PCs) and data center servers. The company's major product lines include Core processors for PCs, Xeon processors for servers, and Atom processors for low-power applications. Intel also produces a wide range of other semiconductor products, such as chipsets, network interface controllers, flash memory, graphics processing units (GPUs), and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). The company is increasingly focused on developing technologies for artificial intelligence, autonomous driving, and the Internet of Things (IoT).
Based on the provided data, Intel's patent litigation posture is that of an operating company defending its technology against infringement claims. The company is listed as a defendant in one tracked case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive role is typical for a large technology manufacturer that is a frequent target for patent assertion entities.
The single tracked case, Greenthread, LLC v. Intel Corporation et al., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on January 27, 2022. The plaintiff, Greenthread, LLC, is a Texas-based entity that has filed multiple lawsuits against various technology companies asserting a portfolio of patents related to semiconductor devices with graded dopant regions. This pattern of litigation suggests that Greenthread, LLC is a non-practicing entity (NPE). The case against Intel involves allegations that certain Intel Core processors infringe on these patents.
Proxense asserted U.S. Patent 10,469,456 against Intel's Windows Hello/biometric and secure-element (PTT/CSME) functionality, along with U.S. 9,405,898, 8,433,919, 11,182,792, 11,551,222, and 9,990,628. The case was reported settled on or about March 24, 2026.
ACS sued Intel in the Western District of Texas asserting the '034 patent and four related patents. Per the First Amended Complaint, ACS asserts claims 1 and 30 of the '034 patent. The case was still proceeding through claim construction as of late 2025.
A suit filed against multiple technology companies that was dismissed on August 4, 2023.
This Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceeding was filed by Intel Corporation against patent owner Greenthread LLC challenging US patent 10734481, and it concluded in a settlement.
An active infringement suit where various motions and claim construction proceedings have taken place.
Greenthread sued Intel, Dell Inc., and Dell Technologies Inc. in W.D. Tex., asserting the '502 patent as part of its six-patent family. The court severed the Intel claims and transferred them to Oregon; claims against Dell as Intel customer were addressed under the customer-suit/sever-and-transfer analysis.
Patent infringement suit filed by Auriga Innovations, Inc. against Intel Corporation, HP Inc., and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company in W.D. Tex. The narrative identifies it as a candidate lead but could not confirm which patents were asserted or that US 8,659,093 was among them; the case was closed after a notice of voluntary dismissal around October 2020.
Additional district court action reported as involving the '046 patent.
AmberWave filed an affirmative patent-infringement suit against Intel over strained-silicon technology, asserting US 6,881,632. Intel moved to transfer under the first-to-file rule, and the case was transferred to the District of Delaware on November 1, 2005 and consolidated with the '292 action; the consolidated dispute ultimately settled on March 5, 2007.
3D Surfaces LLC sued Dell Technologies, Inc. and Intel Corporation in the Western District of Texas for patent infringement. The District Court entered final judgment for Dell after a Federal Circuit mandate invalidated claims of US 7,245,299 and US RE42,543. Appeals are ongoing following subsequent filings in 2024.
Proxense enforcement action against Intel. The narrative states the asserted patents are in the '129, '672, '043, '152 family; decodable patents from the narrative are US 10,593,129; 9,930,043; and 10,742,152, and US 6973576 is not asserted.