Assignment history

Inventors

Garin Toren. The patent document does not specify his employer at the time of filing, but the assignment records indicate he assigned his rights to Messageloud LLC, which subsequently transferred them to Messageloud Inc..

Original assignee

Messageloud Inc.

• Shipped a product embodying the claims: Yes, the patent describes the "messageLOUD® application" which runs on various mobile devices, including smartphones, tablets, wearable devices, and vehicle operating systems. This suggests the company develops and provides a product based on the claimed invention.
• Primary line of business: Development and provision of software for hands-free communication, converting incoming text messages, emails, and messenger application messages into speech for users engaged in activities such as driving, exercising, or working, with minimal visual and manual interaction.
• Current status: Operating and actively asserting the patent, as indicated by ongoing litigation in the Texas Western District Court (6:25-cv-00185), Texas Eastern District Court (2:25-cv-00486), and a PTAB case (IPR2025-01429).

Assignment timeline

There are no post-issuance assignments recorded in the USPTO Assignment Center for US10516775. The assignments listed below occurred during the patent prosecution phase, before the patent was granted to Messageloud Inc.

• 2017-07-13 (executed) / recorded 2019-07-17 — Reel 049580/0698

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: TOREN, GARIN
  • Assignee: MESSAGELOUD LLC
  • Correspondent: BROMBERG, DEAN MESSAGELOUD LLC 600 E LAS OLAS BLVD STE 1350 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301. This correspondent also appears on Reel 049015/0674 for Messageloud Inc.
  • Context: Inventor's pre-filing assignment of intellectual property rights to an affiliated limited liability company.

• 2019-02-27 (executed) / recorded 2019-02-28 — Reel 049015/0674

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: MESSAGELOUD LLC
  • Assignee: MESSAGELOUD INC.
  • Correspondent: DEAN BROMBERG MESSAGELOUD INC. 600 E LAS OLAS BLVD STE 1350 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301. This correspondent also appears on Reel 049580/0698 for Messageloud LLC.
  • Context: Pre-issuance internal transfer of patent ownership between affiliated entities (LLC to Inc.) in preparation for the patent's issuance.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10516775
    2014 : Priority date
    2017 : Inventor assigned to Messageloud LLC
    2019 : Application filed
         : Messageloud LLC assigned to Messageloud Inc
         : Inventor assigned to Messageloud LLC recorded
         : Patent granted to Messageloud Inc
    2025 : First infringement suit filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The patent was assigned from the inventor to Messageloud LLC, then to Messageloud Inc. Messageloud Inc. appears to be an operating company with a commercial product (messageLOUD® application) and a standard business address in Fort Lauderdale, FL.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Neither Garin Toren, Messageloud LLC, nor Messageloud Inc. appear on the provided list of known NPEs.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. Dean Bromberg (or BROMBERG, DEAN) from MESSAGELOUD LLC/INC. at 600 E LAS OLAS BLVD STE 1350 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301 is listed as the correspondent for both recorded assignments (Reel 049580/0698 and Reel 049015/0674). This indicates a consistent legal representative for the Messageloud entities during the pre-issuance transfers.
4. Cascading transfers — Unclear. There are two pre-issuance transfers within a two-year period (executed 2017-07-13 and 2019-02-27), involving the inventor and two related Messageloud entities. While technically consecutive, these appear to be internal structuring for an operating company rather than typical post-issuance transfers to multiple unrelated shell LLCs.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The patent issued to Messageloud Inc. in December 2019. The earliest noted litigation on Google Patents is from 2025. There are no recorded post-issuance assignments within six months of these litigation dates.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy filings by any of the assignors.
7. Privateering — Not present. There is no public information to suggest Messageloud Inc. is asserting this patent on behalf of another operating company.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The ownership chain does not terminate at any known defensive aggregators such as RPX, AST, LOT Network, Unified Patents, or Open Invention Network.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion
The patent was granted directly to Messageloud Inc., which actively markets the "messageLOUD® application" embodying the patent's claims. The recorded assignments are pre-issuance transfers between the inventor and affiliated Messageloud entities, indicating internal structuring rather than a sale to a non-practicing entity. Messageloud Inc. is currently involved in litigation related to this patent.

Verification link for USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/10516775