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.

Assignment history

Inventors

Shane Michael Johnston (Employer undeterminable from patent text).

Original assignee

The original assignee is listed as "Individual" on the issued patent. Based on the patent text, there is no information available to determine if they shipped a product embodying the claims, their primary line of business, or their current status.

Assignment timeline

A search of the USPTO Assignment Center for patent number US10681946 shows no recorded assignment activity for this patent. This indicates that the patent likely remains with the "Individual" assignee listed on the issued patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10681946
    2018 : Filed by Individual
    2020 : Issued to Individual

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — not present
Known asserter in the chain — not present
Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present
Cascading transfers — not present
Pre-litigation transfer — not present
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present
Privateering — not present
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present

Verdict

Insufficient data
There are no recorded assignments for US patent 10681946 in the USPTO Assignment Center. Therefore, there is no information to assess any NPE or troll patterns beyond the initial individual ownership.

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