Assignment history — US Patent 10013088

Inventors

Jong-soo Kim (Samsung Display Co Ltd)
Do-youb Kim (Samsung Display Co Ltd)
Myoung-Seop Song (Samsung Display Co Ltd)
Sang-Kyun Cho (Samsung Display Co Ltd)

No unusual patterns, such as all inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing, are determinable from the provided information.

Original assignee

The original assignee, as listed on the patent and application records, is Samsung Display Co Ltd. Samsung Display Co Ltd. is a major manufacturer of display technologies, including flat panel displays and organic light emitting displays, which embody the claims of US10013088. Their primary line of business is the research, development, and manufacturing of displays. Samsung Display Co Ltd is currently an operating company.

Assignment timeline

2011-01-07 (executed) / recorded 2016-04-25 — Reel 038372/0859
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: CHO, SANG-KYUN; KIM, DO-YOUB; KIM, JONG-SOO; SONG, MYOUNG-SEOP (the inventors)
- Assignee: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
- Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
- Context: Transfer of inventor interests to a corporate entity.
2012-07-02 (executed) / recorded 2016-04-25 — Reel 038516/0395
- Conveyance: Merger
- Assignor: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
- Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
- Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
- Context: Corporate re-organization due to a merger.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10013088
    2010 : Priority date
    2011 : Inventors assign to Samsung Mobile Display
    2012 : Samsung Mobile Display merges into Samsung Display
    2016 : Application filed by Samsung Display
         : Patent issued to Samsung Display

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — not present. The assignees in the chain (Samsung Mobile Display Co., LTD. and Samsung Display Co., LTD.) are operating companies with clear product lines.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the named assignees (Samsung Mobile Display Co., LTD., Samsung Display Co., LTD.) are on common NPE lists.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. Correspondent information is not provided for the recorded assignments.
Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two transfers recorded, and they are not sequential transfers through chained LLCs within a short period.
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While litigation is active (2:25-cv-00412), the assignments predate the litigation filing by several years. Further details on the timing of other "worldwide family litigation" are not provided.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. The transfers appear to be part of normal corporate activity (inventor assignment, merger), not bankruptcy proceedings.
Privateering — not present. The current owner is an operating company, Samsung Display Co., Ltd., which asserts its own patents.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently owned by an operating company.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion
The patent chain shows transfers from inventors to Samsung Mobile Display Co., LTD., followed by a merger into Samsung Display Co., LTD., the current owner. Samsung Display Co., LTD. is a well-known operating company that manufactures products embodying the claims, and the litigation records indicate active assertion of the patent.

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