Patent 10064055

Assignment history

Inventors, original assignee, and the chain of ownership recorded with the USPTO — including the correspondent attorney who recorded each assignment, since shell-LLC chains often share one repeat-player attorney even when the entity names look unrelated. Surfaces NPE / patent-troll patterns: shell-entity transfers, known asserters in the chain, repeat correspondent fingerprints, pre-litigation assignments, and bankruptcy fire-sales.

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Ownership chain (2)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

2016-10-18 · Assignment of Assignors Interest
GREEN, JEFFREY, LAVINE, JAMES, RALEIGH, GREGORY G.HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC
internal reorg
2017-01-05 · Merger and Change of Name
HEADWATER MANAGEMENT LLC, HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC
Merger

Assignment history

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Inventors

Gregory G. Raleigh: Employer at time of filing, likely Headwater Research LLC (based on original assignee).
Jeffrey Green: Employer at time of filing, likely Headwater Research LLC.
James Lavine: Employer at time of filing, likely Headwater Research LLC.

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 entity named on the issued patent is Headwater Research LLC.

Based on the patent's title and abstract ("Security, fraud detection, and fraud mitigation in device-assisted services systems"), their primary line of business appears to be research and development in device-assisted services technology.

The provided information does not explicitly state whether Headwater Research LLC shipped a product directly embodying these claims.

Current status: Headwater Research LLC is listed as "Active" and the "Current Assignee" in the Google Patents information.

Assignment timeline

2016-10-18 (executed) / recorded Not provided — Reel Not provided/Not provided
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
- Assignor: GREEN, JEFFREY, LAVINE, JAMES, RALEIGH, GREGORY G.
- Assignee: HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC
- Correspondent: Not provided
- Context: Transfer of inventors' interests to a related entity.
2017-01-05 (executed) / recorded Not provided — Reel Not provided/Not provided
- Conveyance: Merger and Change of Name
- Assignor: HEADWATER MANAGEMENT LLC, HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC
- Assignee: HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC
- Correspondent: Not provided
- Context: Reassignment through a merger or change of name, returning ownership to Headwater Research LLC.

(Note: Reel/Frame numbers and specific recording dates for these assignments are not provided in the Google Patents data.)

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10064055
    2016 : Filed by Headwater Research LLC
         : Assigned to HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC
    2017 : Assigned to HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC
    2018 : Issued
    2025 : PTAB case IPR2025-01572 filed
         : US case 7:25-cv-00318 filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While the initial transfer to "HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC" and subsequent re-transfer to "HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC" (via "HEADWATER MANAGEMENT LLC") might suggest a corporate restructuring, there is no explicit information on product shipping by Headwater Research LLC, nor on its corporate structure (e.g., registered-agent address, single-member LLC status) to definitively confirm or deny it as a shell entity.
Known asserter in the chain — present. Unified Patents filed an IPR (IPR2025-01572) against this patent, which is a strong indication that Headwater Research LLC is considered an NPE or is engaging in patent assertion activities, as Unified Patents typically targets NPEs to deter abusive litigation.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. Correspondent information (attorney name, firm, address) is not provided for the recorded assignments in the Google Patents data.
Cascading transfers — present. Two assignments occurred within approximately three months (2016-10-18 and 2017-01-05). The assignees "HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC" and "HEADWATER MANAGEMENT LLC" are closely related by name to "HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC," suggesting a series of transfers through chained LLCs that are part of the same corporate family.
Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The last assignment (2017-01-05) occurred well before the first mentioned litigation events in 2025 (IPR2025-01572 and 7:25-cv-00318 in Texas Western District Court).
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no information provided to suggest that Headwater Research LLC or any prior assignee filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — unclear. No explicit evidence or information is provided to suggest privateering activity.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee, Headwater Research LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator. Unified Patents is acting as an anti-NPE entity against the patent, not as an assignee.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The filing of an IPR by Unified Patents (IPR2025-01572), an organization dedicated to challenging patents held by non-practicing entities, is a strong signal of NPE activity. Additionally, the presence of cascading transfers between closely named entities (HEADWATER PARTNERS I LLC, HEADWATER MANAGEMENT LLC, HEADWATER RESEARCH LLC) within a short timeframe (2016-10-18 to 2017-01-05) further supports this conclusion. The patent is also involved in active litigation in the Texas Western District Court (7:25-cv-00318), a venue often favored by NPEs.

For verification, see the "Legal status" section of US10064055B2 on Google Patents, and search the USPTO Assignment Center by patent number 10064055 (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ or https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html).

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