Assignment history

Inventors

• Dae Won Lee (Newracom Inc.)
• Young Hoon Kwon (Newracom Inc.)
• Yujin Noh (Newracom Inc.)
• Sungho Moon (Newracom Inc.)
• Ahmad Reza HEDAYAT (Newracom Inc.)

Original assignee

Newracom Inc. was the original assignee. Newracom is a fabless semiconductor company focused on Wi-Fi HaLow (802.11ah) and Wi-Fi (802.11ax) IoT solutions. They ship products embodying the claims, specifically Wi-Fi HaLow and Wi-Fi 6/6E chipsets. Newracom Inc. is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

• 2017-04-25 (executed) / recorded 2017-04-28 — Reel 041700/0858

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Lee, Dae Won; Hedayat, Ahmad Reza; Kwon, Young Hoon; Moon, Sungho; Noh, Yujin
  • Assignee: Newracom, Inc.
  • Correspondent: Patent Protection Services
  • Context: Transfer from inventors to original assignee

• 2021-03-08 (executed) / recorded 2021-03-12 — Reel 056450/0948

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Newracom, Inc.
  • Assignee: Atlas Global Technologies LLC
  • Correspondent: Steven C. Becker, Law Offices of Steven C. Becker, P.C., 21710 Hardy Oak Blvd., Suite 440, San Antonio, TX, 78258. This correspondent also appears on other Atlas Global Technologies LLC assignments.
  • Context: Transfer to asserter

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10020919
    2017 : Assigned to Newracom Inc
    2021 : Assigned to Atlas Global Technologies LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The transfer from Newracom, Inc., an operating company that develops and sells Wi-Fi chips, to Atlas Global Technologies LLC. Atlas Global Technologies LLC does not appear to have products in commerce and its primary business is patent licensing and assertion. The correspondent's address in San Antonio, TX, is commonly associated with patent assertion entities.

2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Atlas Global Technologies LLC is a known patent assertion entity (NPE), as evidenced by its extensive litigation campaign, including the high-profile suit against TP-Link, and its listing on NPE tracking databases like Unified Patents.

3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Steven C. Becker of Law Offices of Steven C. Becker, P.C., is listed as the correspondent for the assignment to Atlas Global Technologies LLC (Reel 056450/0948). This firm is known for representing numerous patent assertion entities.

4. Cascading transfers — not present. There is only one transfer recorded from the original assignee to the current assignee.

5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The patent was assigned to Atlas Global Technologies LLC on March 8, 2021 (recorded March 12, 2021). The first infringement suit identified was filed on August 4, 2021 (6:21-cv-00818), which is less than six months after the assignment.

6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. Newracom Inc. is still an active operating company.

7. Privateering — unclear. While Newracom may benefit from Atlas Global Technologies' assertions against competitors, there is no direct evidence in the provided documents or public filings to confirm a privateering agreement.

8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with a known NPE.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The presence of multiple strong signals, including the transfer from an operating company (Newracom Inc.) to a known patent assertion entity (Atlas Global Technologies LLC), the involvement of a correspondent attorney associated with NPEs, and the pre-litigation timing of the transfer (within six months of the first lawsuit), strongly indicates an NPE assertion model.

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