Assignment history

Inventors

• Nima Badizadegan (Employer: Individual at time of filing)

Unusual patterns: The inventor, Nima Badizadegan, was listed as an "Individual" at the time of filing, rather than being associated with a specific company as an original assignee. This can sometimes precede a direct assignment to a non-practicing entity or a portfolio sale, but it is not inherently an NPE signal without further transfers.

Original assignee

The original assignee on the issued patent is "Individual".

Since the original assignee is an "Individual," it is not possible to determine if "Individual" shipped a product embodying the claims, their primary line of business, or their current status in the traditional sense of a corporate entity.

Assignment timeline

• 2022-04-04 (executed) / recorded 2022-04-18 — Reel 059952/0973
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Badizadegan, Nima
  • Assignee: HFT Solutions LLC
  • Correspondent: Patent GC LLC (as recorded: Patent GC LLC, Attn: Michael A. Glenn, 1400 Massachusetts Avenue, Suite 210, Cambridge, MA, 02138)
  • Context: Transfer-to-asserter (The inventor assigned the patent to an LLC, which later became the current assignee.)

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10771069
    2019 : Filed by Nima Badizadegan (Individual)
    2020 : Issued to Nima Badizadegan
    2022 : Assigned to HFT Solutions LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. The patent was assigned from an individual inventor to HFT Solutions LLC on 2022-04-04 (Reel 059952/0973). The name "HFT Solutions LLC" suggests a specific focus (High-Frequency Trading) but, without evidence of product manufacturing, it aligns with a licensing-oriented entity. The fact the original assignee was an "Individual" also supports this, as individuals rarely engage in product manufacturing and assertion.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. HFT Solutions LLC does not appear on commonly available public NPE lists (Acacia Research Corp, Marathon Patent Group, Intellectual Ventures, IPNav, Wi-LAN, Mosaid / Conversant, Vringo, Pendrell, Innovatio IP Ventures, MPHJ Technology, Lumen View Technology, Round Rock Research, Document Generation Corp, Erich Spangenberg entities).
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. "Patent GC LLC" is the correspondent for the only recorded assignment. There is no recurrence of this correspondent within the chain for this patent, nor is there readily available information to suggest they are a known correspondent for other flagged NPE entities based on the information provided.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment for this patent.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. The IPR was filed on 2026-06-04. There is no public record of a prior infringement suit for this patent to determine if the 2022-04-04 assignment falls within a 6-month window before litigation.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication in the assignment record or other provided information that the original assignee underwent bankruptcy proceedings.
7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no public information to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to HFT Solutions LLC to assert on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator like RPX, AST, LOT Network, Unified Patents, or Open Invention Network.

Verdict

NPE — moderate confidence

The assignment from an individual inventor to HFT Solutions LLC (Reel 059952/0973, recorded 2022-04-18) is a strong signal of a shell-entity transfer. Although HFT Solutions LLC is not on common public NPE lists, the initial assignment from an individual suggests a non-practicing origin, and the entity name is consistent with a specialized licensing or assertion company.

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