Patent 10776471

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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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

Kevin Alan Tussy. His employer at the time of filing was Facetec Inc.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Facetec Inc. They ship products embodying the claims, specifically 3D Face Verification and Liveness Detection software. Their primary line of business is providing 3D Liveness and 3D Face Matching software for remote identity verification and biometric cybersecurity. FaceTec is a private company and is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

There are no recorded assignment records for US patent 10776471 on the USPTO Assignment Center.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 10776471
    2014 : Priority date
    2019 : Application filed by Facetec Inc
    2020 : Patent granted to Facetec Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent remains with the original operating company, Facetec Inc.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Facetec Inc is an operating company, not a known NPE.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. There is no assignment chain to observe repeated correspondents.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are no recorded transfers.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. There are no recorded transfers prior to litigation (IPR2025-00106 was filed, but no assignment is recorded).
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. Facetec Inc is an active operating company.
  7. Privateering — unclear. While Facetec Inc asserts its patents, there is no evidence of transfer to an NPE for assertion on their behalf.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is still held by Facetec Inc, an operating company.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent is currently assigned to Facetec Inc., the original assignee, which is an active operating company that develops and markets 3D facial recognition and liveness detection software. Facetec Inc has actively defended this patent in PTAB proceedings, indicating an assertion strategy as part of its business operations.

(Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/)

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