Category	Civil Actions Filed Between 2011 and 2016 with an Appeal	Percentage of Appeals	Appeals with an Appellate Decision	Percentage of Appeals with an Appellate Decision
Acquired patents	421	24.65%	288	24.94%
Corporate heritage	25	1.46%	21	1.82%
Individual-inventor- started company	224	13.11%	163	14.11%
University/Government/ Non-profit	45	2.63%	36	3.12%
Product company	918	53.75%	601	52.08%
Individual	137	8.02%	91	7.88%
IP subsidiary of product company	48	2.81%	33	2.86%