Assignment history — US Patent 10631883

Inventors

Farid Bruce Khalili (Employer: Razor Medical Instruments Inc. at time of filing)
James Caillouette (Employer: Razor Medical Instruments Inc. at time of filing)

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Razor Medical Instruments Inc.. They ship a product embodying the claims, specifically "RAZOR Single-Use Acetabular Reamers," which have been used in hip replacement surgeries. Their primary line of business is marketing single-use instruments to the orthopedic joint replacement industry. The company is currently operating, having relocated its headquarters to Warsaw, Indiana, and actively developing and launching new single-use instruments.

Assignment timeline

2018-09-13 (executed) / recorded 2018-09-25 — Reel 046959/0142
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
- Assignor: KHALILI, FARID BRUCE; CAILLOUETTE, JAMES
- Assignee: RAZOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS LLC
- Correspondent: KUTAK ROCK LLP, 1801 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, CO, 80202
- Context: Transfer from inventors to an LLC, likely for corporate structuring or ownership consolidation prior to patent issuance.
2020-07-13 (executed) / recorded 2020-07-22 — Reel 053278/0127
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
- Assignor: RAZOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS LLC
- Assignee: RAZOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS, INC.
- Correspondent: MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP, 790 N Water St Ste 2500, Milwaukee, WI, 53202
- Context: Internal corporate restructuring/name change, likely from an LLC to an Inc. entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10631883
    2018 : Filed by Razor Medical Instruments Inc
         : Inventors assigned to Razor Medical Instruments LLC
    2020 : Issued
         : Razor Medical Instruments LLC assigned to Razor Medical Instruments Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — not present. The transfers are between entities with very similar names (Razor Medical Instruments LLC to Razor Medical Instruments, Inc.), indicating corporate restructuring rather than a transfer to a licensing-only shell entity. Razor Medical Instruments Inc. is an operating company actively marketing products.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the assignees (Razor Medical Instruments LLC, Razor Medical Instruments, Inc.) are identified as known high-frequency NPE plaintiffs.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. The two recorded assignments have different correspondent firms: Kutak Rock LLP and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP.
Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two transfers, spaced approximately 22 months apart (September 2018 to July 2020), which does not constitute multiple consecutive assignments in a short timeframe.
Pre-litigation transfer — not present. There is no known litigation involving US10631883, so this signal cannot be assessed as present.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication that the original assignee or any subsequent assignee has filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — not present. The current assignee, Razor Medical Instruments Inc., is an operating company commercializing products related to the patent. There's no evidence of them transferring the patent to an NPE to assert on their behalf.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at any known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent is currently owned by Razor Medical Instruments, Inc., an operating company that develops and markets single-use surgical instruments, including acetabular reamers embodying the claims of this patent. The assignment chain reflects a transfer from the inventors to an LLC, followed by a transfer to an Inc. entity, both closely related to the original and current operating company, indicating internal corporate restructuring rather than a divestment to a non-practicing entity.

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