Company overview. Shenzhen Aiper Intelligent Co., Ltd. (Chinese name 元鼎智能; brand "Aiper") is a privately held maker of robotic pool cleaners. The Shenzhen entity was registered in 2015 (the Aiper brand launched in 2019; Aiper's own website and Crunchbase cite 2017) and is wholly owned by Aiper Global Pte. Ltd.; its US arm is based in Atlanta, Georgia. Spain-listed pool-equipment group Fluidra completed a ~$100 million investment for an initial 27% stake in Aiper in December 2025 (announced April 2025), with a stated path to majority control. Fluidra reported Aiper at roughly 470 employees and about $195 million of 2024 sales, with R&D centers in Shenzhen and Suzhou.
Products / services. Cordless, battery-powered robotic pool cleaners are the core line (Seagull, Scuba and Surfer surface-cleaning models), sold direct-to-consumer online and through Home Depot, Lowe's, Costco, Walmart and Target. The company is extending into a broader "smart yard" lineup including robotic lawn mowers, irrigation and snow-removal equipment. Its portfolio covers more than 400 global filings, concentrated in underwater navigation, filtration and pool-surface mapping.
Patent-litigation posture. This is an operating company being sued, not an NPE or shell licensor: 0 tracked cases as plaintiff, 1 as defendant. The litigation is competitor-versus-competitor patent enforcement rather than PAE activity, and the tracked matter sits in the Central District of California, not a plaintiff-friendly venue such as the Eastern District of Texas.
Notable case. Zodiac Pool Care Europe et al. v. Wybotics Co., Ltd. et al., No. 2:22-cv-05271 (C.D. Cal., filed July 29, 2022), in which Zodiac — itself a Fluidra brand — asserted two robotic-pool-cleaner patents (U.S. 8,393,029 and 8,393,031) against Aiper entities and Wybotics, alongside ITC Investigation 337-TA-1326. Zodiac's counsel states the Aiper entities settled before the close of fact discovery under a consent order barring US import or sale of the accused products. A 2025 follow-on Zodiac suit against Wybotics was filed in the Eastern District of Texas but does not appear in the tracked data as naming Aiper.