Cited By
The displayed public-record count includes 87 patent families that cite one or more Rock Innovation patents. The associated records list assignees across technology, finance, and industry.
What Patent Citations Mean
Later patent records can cite an earlier patent as prior art. A reference may be submitted by an applicant, supplied by a third party, or added by an examiner. The prosecution record must be reviewed before attributing a citation to any one of them.
Citation volume can identify a body of later patent records worth studying. It does not establish that an assignee uses the patented technology, that a product practices a claim, that the patent is valid, or that infringement has occurred.
Citing Companies
The following names are assignees associated with patent records that cite one or more members of the Rock Innovation family. The displayed total is counted at the citing-family level to reduce duplicate records. Assignee attribution is not evidence of a product comparison or legal conclusion.
Microsoft
Visa
Mastercard
Samsung
Toyota
Bank of America
Alibaba
IBM
T-Mobile
Siemens
Micron
Dell
NTT
TD Bank
Capital One
KPMG
Bosch
Swatch
HP Enterprise
SeagateHow to Read This Data
- Patent citations are public prosecution records. Counts can change as applications, grants, assignments, and family groupings are updated.
- Citations listed here span all three patents in the family. The parent patent and both continuations share the same core technology and priority date.
- A citation alone does not identify its submitter or establish materiality, product use, infringement, validity, endorsement, or a business relationship.
Review the family record on Google Patents and the USPTO's guidance on Information Disclosure Statements.
Frequently Asked Questions
A forward citation occurs when a later patent record references an earlier patent or publication. A reference may be submitted by an applicant, supplied by a third party, or added by an examiner. Its appearance in the record does not, by itself, establish who selected it or why.
Applicants can disclose references in an Information Disclosure Statement, third parties can submit qualifying prior art, and examiners can add references during examination. The record should be reviewed before attributing a particular citation to an applicant, its attorneys, or an examiner. Filing a reference is not an admission that it is material to patentability.
No. A citation does not prove that an organization uses Rock Innovation's technology, practices a claim, infringes a patent, endorses Rock Innovation, or has a business relationship with it. Product-specific conclusions require evidence about the product and an element-by-element legal analysis.
A citation count describes how often a patent family appears in later patent records and can help identify related technical records for review. The count alone does not establish patent value, validity, commercial importance, or infringement, and comparisons require a defined dataset and counting method.
Yes. Citation data can be reviewed in Google Patents and USPTO Patent Center. Check the individual prosecution record to distinguish examiner references from applicant or third-party submissions. The displayed total is a family-level count and may change as records are updated.
Patent records associated with assignees including Microsoft, Visa, Mastercard, Samsung, Toyota, Bank of America, Alibaba, IBM, T-Mobile, Siemens, Micron, Dell, NTT, TD Bank, Capital One, KPMG, Bosch, Swatch, HPE, Seagate cite one or more members of the Rock Innovation family (US 10,192,073; US 10,943,029; US 11,720,711). Assignee attribution does not identify who submitted a reference or imply product use, endorsement, or a business relationship.
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