Correspondent registry

Correspondents.

Every attorney or firm recorded with USPTO when an assignment was filed on a tracked US patent. The correspondent is the most useful tell when assignee LLCs look anonymous — shell chains commonly share one repeat-player attorney even when the LLC names are designed to look unrelated. Click any correspondent for the full asserter list and co-located associates.

How to read this registry

When a patent changes hands, the new owner records the transfer with the USPTO, and the attorney who files it is logged as the correspondent. Patent trolls constantly rename their shell LLCs to look unrelated — but the lawyer who files the paperwork usually doesn’t change. So one repeat-player correspondent, or one shared mailing address, is often the thread that ties a swarm of ostensibly-separate shells back to a single operator: the “47 LLCs all filed by one attorney at one Plano, TX address” pattern. Two views build on this table: Behind the shells (who owns the shells) and Co-location clusters (attorneys sharing an address).

Asserters
Distinct assignee entities (the LLCs / NPEs) this attorney recorded patents for. The headline signal — a high count is a repeat player servicing many entities.
Patents
Distinct patents touched across all of their recordings.
Recordings
Total assignment filings this correspondent appears on.
Addresses
Distinct mailing addresses seen. Shared addresses across different attorneys surface on the clusters page.
AttorneyFirmAssertersPatentsRecordingsAddresses
R. Brian DrozdAMGEN INC.2131
NATHAN A. MUGGEKIRKLAND & ELLIS2131
Matthew S. Blundell, PhD—2131
ROBERT J. CONNORHALOZYME THERAPEUTICS2131
L. L. LIULIU & LIU2131
RYAN S. QUILLINDLA Piper2132
BAEHR, DAVIDLAW OFFICE OF DAVID BAEHR2130
Matthew J. Van Eman—2131
BRENT N. KENNEDYKennedy Law Office2131
Anthony R. DeLucaDeLuca & Associates2131
JOHN S. CARPENTER, SR.—2130
Andrew R. J. WinterK&L GATES2131
JOHN R. WHEATLEY—2131
John M. Carter—2131
KENNETH L TULLIS—2132
John S. PaniaguasClark Hill2131
David R. D'ZurillaSCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER2131
Jonathan D. LinkOlshan Frome Wolosky2131
Christopher P. SingerRimon2131
Matthew G. McAndrewsGIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER2131