Defendant
1 case as defendant.
USIC Locating Services, Inc. (commonly "USIC") is the operating subsidiary of United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC, LLC), headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana. USIC traces its roots to SM&P Utility Resources, founded in 1973, and adopted the USIC name in the early 2000s; the corporate entity is generally cited as founded in 2008. It is privately held. After ownership by Kohlberg & Company, OMERS Private Equity, Leonard Green & Partners, and Partners Group (which sold a 50% stake to Kohlberg & Company in 2022 at a reported $4.1 billion enterprise value), OMERS Infrastructure acquired a controlling stake in November 2023. The company states it has more than 10,000 employees operating in 48 states. Revenue is not publicly disclosed.
Operations. USIC is the largest North American provider of outsourced underground utility locating and damage-prevention ("call before you dig" / 811) services, performing over 80 million locates annually for more than 1,400 telecom, electric, gas, water and sewer utilities and municipalities. Its core service is locating, identifying and marking subsurface pipes, cables and fiber ahead of excavation. Adjacent offerings include private locating, vacuum excavation, GIS mapping, cross-bore mitigation and gas locating, supported by its proprietary TicketPRO ticket-management platform and DigCheck field app. Affiliates include Blood Hound, Reconn Utility Services and On Target Utility Services; in June 2025 it announced the acquisition of Heath Consultants' public gas locating business.
Litigation posture. USIC is an operating company appearing in the database solely as a defendant (0 cases as plaintiff, 1 as defendant), consistent with being targeted rather than enforcing patents.
Notable case. Fleet Connect Solutions LLC v. USIC Locating Services, Inc., No. 6:23-cv-00489 (W.D. Tex., Judge Albright), filed July 2023 (a duplicate, 6:23-cv-00488, was opened in error). Fleet Connect Solutions is characterized by Unified Patents as an NPE and an entity of Empire IP, asserting acquired patents including U.S. 7,058,040 (RF channel interference reduction) and other fleet-tracking/wireless patents against numerous defendants. Public docket records indicate the USIC action was resolved by a joint stipulation of dismissal with prejudice.
Fleet Connect Solutions LLC asserted the '153 patent against USIC Locating Services, Inc. in W.D. Tex. The case was dismissed with prejudice by joint stipulation under Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), with each side bearing its own costs.