Patent 10629024

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.

  1. 2019-12-23 · recorded 2019-12-30 · reel 052445/0369 · Assignment

    HAUSHALTER, TODDEVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED

    Correspondent: · EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED

    internal reorg

  2. 2024-05-09 · recorded 2024-05-13 · reel 061224/0273 · Assignment

    HAUSHALTER, TODDEVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED

    Correspondent: · EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED

    internal reorg

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

The sole named inventor for US Patent 10629024 is Todd Haushalter. At the time of filing, Todd Haushalter was employed by the original assignee, Evolution Malta Ltd. There are no unusual patterns indicating inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing based on the provided information.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is Evolution Malta Ltd.

Evolution Malta Ltd is a prominent provider of B2B live casino solutions and online casino games, specializing in live dealer games. They ship products embodying the claims in their primary line of business. The company is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

The following assignments for US Patent 10629024 are recorded with the USPTO:

  • 2019-12-23 (executed) / recorded 2019-12-30 — Reel 052445/0369

    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: HAUSHALTER, TODD
    • Assignee: EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED
    • Correspondent: EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED, 12, Level 2, TRIQ IL-KAMPANARJOLA, BIRKIRKARA, BKR 9070, MALTA.
    • Context: Internal transfer from inventor to operating company.

  • 2024-05-09 (executed) / recorded 2024-05-13 — Reel 061224/0273

    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: HAUSHALTER, TODD
    • Assignee: EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED
    • Correspondent: EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED, 12, Level 2, TRIQ IL-KAMPANARJOLA, BIRKIRKARA, BKR 9070, MALTA.
    • Context: Confirmatory internal transfer from inventor to operating company.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10629024
    2019 : Filed by Evolution Malta Ltd
         : Assigned from inventor to Evolution Malta Ltd
    2020 : Issued
    2024 : Confirmatory assignment to Evolution Malta Ltd

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent has only been assigned from the inventor to the operating company, Evolution Malta Limited, which is a known product-shipping entity.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Evolution Malta Limited is an operating company, not identified on public NPE lists.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. The correspondent for both recorded assignments is "EVOLUTION MALTA LIMITED" itself, indicating direct filing by the assignee and not an external law firm.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two assignments, both from the inventor to the operating company, not multiple consecutive transfers between shell LLCs.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The assignment recorded on 2024-05-13 (Reel 061224/0273) was executed shortly before the Nevada District Court case (2:24-cv-00993) was filed on 2024-05-28. While this timing suggests preparation for litigation, the transfer was from the inventor to the operating company, not to a separate asserting entity.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings involving the assignor or assignee.
  7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence of a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent ownership chain clearly shows the patent being held by its original operating assignee, Evolution Malta Limited. The assignments recorded are internal transfers from the inventor to the company. While an assignment occurred close to the filing of a district court case, it was a confirmatory transfer to the operating company, not a shift to a shell entity, supporting an operating-company assertion strategy.

(USPTO Assignment Center search for US10629024: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/)

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