Patent 10277728

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.

2019-01-03 · reel 049580/0410 · ASSIGNMENT
TOREN, GARIN MESSAGELOUD LLC
Correspondent: ROBERT E. HARVEY · LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT E. HARVEY
internal reorg
2019-02-28 · reel 049877/0056 · ASSIGNMENT
MESSAGELOUD LLC MESSAGELOUD LLC
Correspondent: ROBERT E. HARVEY · LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT E. HARVEY
internal reorg

Assignment history

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Inventors

Garin Toren. Employer at time of filing: Messageloud Inc.

Original assignee

The original assignee, as named on the issued patent and confirmed by the assignment chain, is Messageloud Inc. Messageloud Inc. develops and markets the "messageLOUD" application, a product embodying the patent's claims by reading texts and emails aloud for users engaged in activities like driving, exercising, or working. Their primary line of business is mobile application development for hands-free message delivery. Messageloud Inc. is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

2019-01-03 (executed) / recorded 2019-01-03 — Reel 049580/0410
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
- Assignor: TOREN, GARIN
- Assignee: MESSAGELOUD, LLC
- Correspondent: ROBERT E. HARVEY, ESQ.; LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT E. HARVEY P.C.; 310 WEST 56TH STREET; APT 7E; NEW YORK, NY 10019. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
- Context: Internal transfer of inventor's interest to a related LLC.
2019-02-28 (executed) / recorded 2019-02-28 — Reel 049877/0056
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
- Assignor: MESSAGELOUD, LLC
- Assignee: MESSAGELOUD INC.
- Correspondent: ROBERT E. HARVEY; LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT E. HARVEY P.C.; 310 WEST 56TH STREET; APT 7E; NEW YORK, NY 10019. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
- Context: Internal reorganization/transfer between related corporate entities.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10277728
    2018 : Application filed by Messageloud Inc
    2019 : Inventor assigned to MessageLOUD LLC
         : MessageLOUD LLC assigned to Messageloud Inc
         : Patent granted
    2025 : Litigation filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The transfers occurred between the inventor and closely related corporate entities (Messageloud LLC and Messageloud Inc.), with the ultimate assignee, Messageloud Inc., appearing to be an operating company with a product embodying the patent.
Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Neither MESSAGELOUD, LLC nor MESSAGELOUD INC. are recognized on common public NPE lists.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. ROBERT E. HARVEY, ESQ. of LAW OFFICE OF ROBERT E. HARVEY P.C. is listed as the correspondent for both assignments recorded in reel 049580/0410 (2019-01-03) and reel 049877/0056 (2019-02-28).
Cascading transfers — Present. There were two assignments within a short period (less than two months) in 2019, from Garin Toren to MESSAGELOUD, LLC (executed/recorded 2019-01-03, Reel 049580/0410) and then from MESSAGELOUD, LLC to MESSAGELOUD INC. (executed/recorded 2019-02-28, Reel 049877/0056).
Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The last assignment was recorded on 2019-02-28, while the earliest noted litigation events on Google Patents are from 2025, indicating a gap of several years.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings for Messageloud Inc. or its related entities.
Privateering — Unclear. No information is available to suggest that Messageloud Inc. is asserting this patent on behalf of another operating company.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee is Messageloud Inc., not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion. While there are signals of repeat correspondent and cascading transfers (Reel 049580/0410, 2019-01-03; Reel 049877/0056, 2019-02-28), these appear to be internal corporate restructuring activities by Messageloud Inc., an operating company that develops and sells a product embodying the patented technology. The patent is currently owned and asserted by this operating company. [cite: Reel 049580/0410, Reel 049877/0056]

Verification: USPTO Assignment Center for US10277728

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