Patent 10529029

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)

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

  1. 2017-09-21 · recorded 2019-10-04 · reel 052445/0309 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST

    OKAZAKI, TAKESHIAON BENFIELD INC.

    Correspondent: DANIEL J. BLANCO

    Inventor assigned patent rights to the original operating company assignee

  2. 2024-07-29 · recorded 2024-08-02 · reel 056586/0754 · CHANGE OF NAME

    AON BENFIELD INC.AON RE, INC.

    Correspondent: DANIEL J. BLANCO

    change of name only

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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Inventors

  • Takeshi Okazaki. Employer at time of filing: Aon Benfield Inc. (inferred from original assignment date).

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Aon Benfield Inc. This entity was a global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor, operating as part of Aon plc, a major global professional services firm. Aon Benfield Inc. would not "ship products" in the traditional sense but would rather implement and utilize the systems and methods described in the patent (e.g., aerial imagery analysis for property risk assessment) as part of the services it provides to its clients, such as insurance carriers and real estate investors. Its primary line of business was reinsurance and capital advisory services. Aon Benfield Inc. has since been rebranded to Aon Reinsurance Solutions and formally changed its name to Aon Re, Inc., making its current status as having undergone a corporate rebranding and name change within the operating Aon plc group.

Assignment timeline

  • 2017-09-21 (executed) / recorded 2019-10-04 — Reel 052445/0309

    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: OKAZAKI, TAKESHI
    • Assignee: AON BENFIELD INC.
    • Correspondent: DANIEL J. BLANCO, 200 E. RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601.
    • Context: Inventor assigned patent rights to the original operating company assignee.

  • 2024-07-29 (executed) / recorded 2024-08-02 — Reel 056586/0754

    • Conveyance: CHANGE OF NAME
    • Assignor: AON BENFIELD INC.
    • Assignee: AON RE, INC.
    • Correspondent: DANIEL J. BLANCO, 200 E. RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
    • Context: Corporate name change of the operating company within the same parent organization.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10529029
    2017 : Inventor assigned to Aon Benfield Inc
    2020 : Patent Issued
    2024 : Aon Benfield Inc name changed to Aon Re Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The patent was assigned to Aon Benfield Inc. and later formally changed names to Aon Re, Inc. Both are identifiable operating entities within Aon plc and do not exhibit typical shell-entity naming conventions or characteristics.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Aon Benfield Inc. and Aon Re, Inc. are not identified as known NPEs on public lists.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. DANIEL J. BLANCO from 200 E. RANDOLPH STREET, SUITE 700, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60601 is listed as the correspondent for both assignments recorded for this patent (Reel 052445/0309 and Reel 056586/0754).

  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There are only two recorded assignments, one from the inventor and one a corporate name change, which do not constitute multiple consecutive transfers through chained LLCs.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The first recorded litigation events for US10529029 occurred in 2025, according to Google Patents. The most recent assignment (a name change) was executed on 2024-07-29 and recorded on 2024-08-02, which is more than six months prior to the identified litigation.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. Aon plc is an active, publicly traded global professional services firm; there is no indication of bankruptcy.

  7. Privateering — Unclear. While Aon is an operating company, assessing whether it engages in privateering through an NPE would require specific external information beyond patent assignment records.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, Aon Re, Inc., is not a known defensive aggregator like RPX or AST.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion. The patent originated from an inventor at Aon Benfield Inc., an operating company that later formally changed its name to Aon Re, Inc.. As a global professional services firm, Aon plc (the parent company) would use the technology described in the patent as part of its core business offerings, suggesting an assertion related to competitive services rather than a licensing-only NPE model.

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