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Patent litigations.

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Patent litigation filed per year

1986: 2 cases'861988: 1 case1990: 1 case'901992: 1 case1993: 1 case'941996: 3 cases1997: 2 cases1998: 3 cases'981999: 3 cases2000: 3 cases2001: 5 cases'022003: 10 cases2004: 4 cases2005: 13 cases2006: 15 cases'062007: 17 cases2008: 20 cases2009: 12 cases2010: 39 cases'102011: 36 cases2012: 68 cases2013: 110 cases2014: 95 cases'142015: 107 cases2016: 103 cases2017: 163 cases2018: 171 cases'182019: 198 cases2020: 226 cases2021: 254 cases2022: 358 cases'222023: 321 cases2024: 548 cases2025: 758 cases7582026: 333 cases'26
6,606 tracked cases by filing year.

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All litigations

CasePatentsCourtFiledStatus
Incyte Genomics, Inc. v. Invitrogen Corporation3:01-cv-02141U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California2001-11-21—
Neomedia Technologies, Inc. v. The Home Depot, Inc.2:01-cv-05497U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania2001-10-31Outcome not publicly available
Macromedia, Inc. v. Adobe Systems, Inc.C01-3940-SIU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California (San Francisco Division)2001-10-19settled
David H. Judson v. Infonautics, Inc.1:01-cv-10464U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts2001-03-19terminated
Hewlett-Packard Company v. Microjet Technology Co., Ltd. et al.337-TA-446U.S. International Trade Commission2000-12-22terminated
Applera Corporation et al. v. Affymetrix, Inc.U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware2000-07-05dismissed
Enzon, Inc. v. Shearwater Polymers, Inc.5:00-cv-01310U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (N.D. Ala.)2000-05-15settled
International Automated Systems, Inc. v. Optimal Robotics, Inc. et al.2:99-cv-00517U.S. District Court for the District of Utah, Central Division1999-07-02unknown
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Oxford Gene Technology Ltd.United States District Court for the Northern District of California1999-06-17settled
Oxford Gene Technology Ltd. v. Affymetrix, Inc.1:99-cv-00348United States District Court for the District of Delaware1999-06-04settled
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Hyseq, Inc.C 98-03192U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California1998-08-18unknown
Xerox Corp. v. Hewlett-Packard Co.U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York (Rochester, N.Y.)1998-05-14settled and dismissed
Affymetrix, Inc. v. Synteni, Inc. et al.C 99-21164 JF; C 99-21165 JFUnited States District Court for the District of Delaware, transferred to United States District Court for the Northern District of California1998-01-06settled
Hyseq, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.C-97-20188U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California1997-03-04settled
Hyseq, Inc. v. Affymetrix, Inc.C 97-20188 RMW (ENE)U.S. District Court, N.D. Cal., San Jose Division1997-03-04settled/dismissed with prejudice
Neuromedical Systems, Inc. v. NeoPath, Inc.U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York1996-07-15terminated
Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. PSC Inc.—1996-04-01unknown
PSC Inc. v. Symbol Technologies, Inc. et al.96-CV-6152TU.S. District Court, W.D.N.Y.1996-04-01patent misuse/unenforceability holding; patent issues settled
Catalina Marketing Corp. v. Advanced Promotion Technologies, Inc.U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles)1993-08-10settled
Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. et al. v. Promega Corporation93-1748U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California1992-10-27judgment