Asserter Category Appeal Filed by Accused Infringer Appeal Filed by Patent Asserter Total Percentage of Appeals That Were Filed by Accused Infringer
1. Acquired patents 32 255 287 11.1%
4. Corporate heritage 2 19 21 9.5%
5. Individual-inventor-
started company
15 147 162 9.3%
6. University/Government/
Non-profit
11 22 33 33.3%
8. Product company 173 408 581 29.8%
9. Individual 10 67 77 13.0%
12. IP subsidiary of product company 9 24 33 27.3%