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.

Assignment history

Inventors

Benjamin V. Booher, Sr. (Individual)
Benjamin V. Booher, Jr. (Individual)

It is noted that both inventors are listed as "Individual" and not associated with a specific employer at the time of filing, as per the patent document.

Original assignee

Individual.
The patent indicates the original assignee is "Individual". It is unclear whether the individual inventor(s) shipped a product embodying the claims. The primary line of business is not determinable from the patent text. The current status is "Active".

Assignment timeline

A search of the USPTO Assignment Center for patent number US10098402 reveals no recorded assignments. This typically indicates that the original assignee still holds the patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10098402
    2016 : Application filed
    2018 : Patent granted to Individual

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — not present. No transfers are recorded.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. No transfers are recorded.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. No transfers are recorded.
Cascading transfers — not present. No transfers are recorded.
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. There is litigation associated with this patent family, but no assignments are recorded to indicate a transfer prior to litigation. Without assignment records, it's impossible to confirm if a pre-litigation transfer occurred.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No transfers are recorded, and no indication of bankruptcy for the individual assignee.
Privateering — unclear. No assignment records exist to indicate such a transfer.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. No transfers are recorded to any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

Insufficient data
There are no recorded assignment records for US10098402 in the USPTO Assignment Center. Therefore, it is not possible to reconstruct an ownership chain or identify any NPE/troll patterns based on assignment records.

You can verify this information by searching the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/