Assignment history

Inventors

• Young Hoon Kwon (likely employed by Newracom Inc. at time of filing)
• Ahmad Reza HEDAYAT (likely employed by Newracom Inc. at time of filing)

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Newracom Inc. They are a fabless semiconductor company specializing in Wi-Fi chipsets, including those for Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) and Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax), indicating they ship products embodying the claims. Newracom Inc. is currently an operating company.

Assignment timeline

Due to the inability to perform live web searches, I cannot access the USPTO Assignment Center directly to retrieve specific reel/frame numbers and correspondent details. The following assignment event is reported by Google Patents:

• 2021-03-08 (recorded) — Reel/Frame: Not available
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignor's Interest
  • Assignor: NEWRACOM, INC.
  • Assignee: ATLAS GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • Correspondent: Not available.
  • Context: Transfer-to-asserter

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10153886
    2016 : Filed by Newracom Inc
    2018 : Issued
    2021 : Assigned to Atlas Global Technologies LLC
         : First litigation filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. The patent was transferred from Newracom Inc., an operating company, to Atlas Global Technologies LLC. The name "Atlas Global Technologies LLC" combined with extensive litigation activity in US District Courts in Texas strongly suggests it is a licensing-only entity or patent asserter, rather than a product-shipping operating company.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Present. Atlas Global Technologies LLC is identified as the current assignee and is actively involved in litigation concerning this patent family in the Texas Western and Eastern District Courts. While not explicitly on a public "NPE list" in my training data, the pattern of acquisition from an operating company and subsequent litigation in common NPE venues indicates it operates as a patent asserter. Unified Patents lists multiple cases associated with this patent family under Atlas Global Technologies LLC.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. This information cannot be determined without access to the full details from the USPTO Assignment Center, which would include the correspondent of record for each assignment.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment from the original assignee to Atlas Global Technologies LLC is apparent from the available information.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Present. The assignment to Atlas Global Technologies LLC was recorded on 2021-03-08. The "First worldwide family litigation" is also noted as filed on 2021-03-08, with multiple US cases in Texas District Courts also initiated in 2021. This simultaneous transfer and commencement of litigation is a strong signal that the assignment was arranged to facilitate assertion.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication from the available information that Newracom Inc. filed for bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — Unclear. No public information is available to suggest this is a privateering arrangement.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, Atlas Global Technologies LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The transfer of US10153886 from an operating company (Newracom Inc.) to Atlas Global Technologies LLC occurred on the same day the first litigation involving this patent family was filed (2021-03-08). This, coupled with the nature of the assignee (a likely shell entity, given its name and high-frequency litigation in known NPE venues as evidenced by Unified Patents data), strongly indicates a patent assertion entity.

To verify the full assignment record, search for patent number 10153886 at: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/