Patent 10810050

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. 2016-07-05 · reel 065564/0481 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST

    PABARI, VIPULTOUTVIRTUAL, INC.

    Correspondent: SUNDARESAN, GOWRI

    initial assignment

  2. 2025-09-29 · reel 067825/0833 · PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

    TOUTVIRTUAL, INC.WYE IP CAPITAL LLC

    Correspondent: GILLEN, NICHOLAS B.

    securitization

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

Original assignee

TOUTVIRTUAL Inc.
TOUTVIRTUAL Inc. developed and shipped a product embodying the claims, specifically "Control Center" software for virtual systems management, providing functionalities like application routing, policy-based provisioning, and resource optimization for virtual infrastructure. Their primary line of business was software development for virtual systems management. The company appears to be inactive or dissolved, evidenced by a lack of an active website or current product presence.

Assignment timeline

  • 2016-07-05 (executed) / recorded 2016-07-05 — Reel 065564/0481
    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: PABARI, VIPUL
    • Assignee: TOUTVIRTUAL, INC.
    • Correspondent: SUNDARESAN, GOWRI
    • Context: Initial assignment of patent rights from the inventor to the original corporate assignee.
  • 2025-09-29 (executed) / recorded 2025-09-29 — Reel 067825/0833
    • Conveyance: PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
    • Assignor: TOUTVIRTUAL, INC.
    • Assignee: WYE IP CAPITAL LLC
    • Correspondent: GILLEN, NICHOLAS B. This correspondent is known to represent patent assertion entities.
    • Context: Security interest granted by the original assignee, TOUTVIRTUAL, INC., to WYE IP CAPITAL LLC, a known patent assertion entity, shortly before the patent was asserted in litigation.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10810050
    2005 : Provisional filed
    2016 : Assigned to TOUTVIRTUAL Inc
    2020 : Patent issued
    2025 : Security Agmt to WYE IP Capital LLC
    2025 : Litigation filed (TX)
    2026 : IPR filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. While the most recent transaction is a "Patent Security Agreement," WYE IP CAPITAL LLC is listed as the current assignee by Google Patents and is a known high-frequency plaintiff and patent assertion entity, exhibiting characteristics of a licensing-only shell entity, with no apparent product offerings.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. WYE IP CAPITAL LLC is recognized by Unified Patents as a high-frequency plaintiff and a patent assertion entity. Furthermore, Google Patents confirms litigation activity for this patent, including a case filed in the Texas Eastern District Court (2:25-cv-00943) in 2025, linked to WYE IP Capital LLC.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Nicholas B. Gillen, the correspondent recorded for the 2025-09-29 Patent Security Agreement (Reel 067825/0833), is a known attorney frequently associated with patent assertion entity filings.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two recorded assignment events, with a significant time gap, not indicating rapid successive transfers.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The Patent Security Agreement to WYE IP CAPITAL LLC was executed and recorded on 2025-09-29 (Reel 067825/0833). Litigation involving this patent, specifically case 2:25-cv-00943, was filed in the Texas Eastern District Court in 2025, indicating the security agreement immediately preceded assertion.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No evidence suggests that TOUTVIRTUAL, INC. underwent bankruptcy proceedings leading to this transfer.
  7. Privateering — unclear. While the original assignee appears inactive and the patent is now with an NPE, there is no direct evidence from the assignment records to confirm a privateering arrangement where TOUTVIRTUAL, INC. is directly benefiting from or directing the assertion.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. WYE IP CAPITAL LLC is an asserting entity, not a defensive aggregator like RPX or Unified Patents.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. This verdict is supported by multiple strong signals. WYE IP CAPITAL LLC, a known patent assertion entity, acquired a security interest in the patent on 2025-09-29 (Reel 067825/0833) shortly before litigation commenced in the Texas Eastern District Court in 2025. Additionally, the correspondent for this transaction, Nicholas B. Gillen, is frequently associated with NPE activity. The original assignee, TOUTVIRTUAL Inc., appears to be defunct, and the current assignee does not appear to produce products embodying the claims.

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