Patent 10841248

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 (1)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

  1. 2025-06-18 · recorded 2025-06-19 · reel 062630/0173 · Assignment

    HAJDU, LORALEE (INDIVIDUAL) and HAJDU, OLIVER (INDIVIDUAL)CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC.

    Correspondent: Chad A. Bishop · BISHOP, DIEHL & LEE

    shell-entity transfer

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

  • Loralee Hajdu: Co-inventor. At the time of filing (April 11, 2018), she was associated with "Individual" ownership of the patent. She was also mentioned as "Suite B Media's director of marketing" in relation to the "Text Deflector" app.
  • Oliver Hajdu: Co-inventor. At the time of filing (April 11, 2018), he was associated with "Individual" ownership of the patent.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent (November 17, 2020) was the Individuals (Loralee Hajdu and Oliver Hajdu).

The inventors, under the name "Suite B Media Inc.", published a first version of a product embodying the claims, "Text Deflector," as an Android app on the Google Play store on July 20, 2013. The primary line of business for Suite B Media Inc. appears to have been mobile application development focusing on automated response systems.

Their current status is unclear, as the patent was later assigned to CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. in 2025.

Assignment timeline

  • 2025-06-18 (executed) / recorded 2025-06-19 — Reel 062630/0173
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: HAJDU, LORALEE (INDIVIDUAL) and HAJDU, OLIVER (INDIVIDUAL)
    • Assignee: CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC.
    • Correspondent: BISHOP, CHAD A. of BISHOP, DIEHL & LEE, LTD., 500 W. CHESTNUT AVE., SUITE 100, HINSDALE, IL 60521
    • Context: Transfer of ownership from the individual inventors to a corporate entity.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 10841248
    2018 : Filed by Individuals
    2020 : Issued to Individuals
    2025 : Assigned to Cedarwood Ventures Inc
    2026 : Litigation filed by Cedarwood Ventures

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. The patent was assigned from the individual inventors to CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. on 2025-06-18 (recorded 2025-06-19, Reel 062630/0173). CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. is listed as the current assignee and has filed multiple infringement lawsuits related to this patent in the Texas Western District Court in 2026. The Google Patents page also indicates "CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC." as the "Current Assignee", with the assignors being the inventors. Without public information suggesting product development by Cedarwood Ventures, Inc., and given their immediate litigation activity, this transfer to an entity that appears to primarily engage in patent assertion is a strong indicator of a shell entity for licensing/assertion.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — Unclear. CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. is actively asserting the patent in 2026 as per litigation records. While not on a general "known asserter" list in the prompt, their litigation activity identifies them as an asserting entity.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. Only one assignment is recorded for this specific patent (Reel 062630/0173), handled by Chad A. Bishop of Bishop, Diehl & Lee, Ltd. There is no recurrence within this chain. I cannot determine if this correspondent recurs on "this site's tracked patents" without access to that broader data.

  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment in the chain (Reel 062630/0173).

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Present. The assignment to CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. occurred on 2025-06-18 (recorded 2025-06-19, Reel 062630/0173). The first litigation cases naming this patent were filed in Texas Western District Court in 2026. This timing suggests the transfer was made in anticipation of or to facilitate patent assertion.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication that the original assignors (the inventors) were in bankruptcy at the time of the assignment.

  7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no public information to suggest that an operating company transferred the patent to CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. to assert against competitors on their behalf. The transfer was from the individual inventors.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain ends with CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC., which is actively asserting the patent.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

This verdict is based on two strong signals: the transfer from individual inventors to CEDARWOOD VENTURES, INC. (Reel 062630/0173) which appears to be a shell entity engaged in patent assertion, and the pre-litigation timing of this transfer (2025-06-18) immediately preceding multiple infringement lawsuits filed in 2026. These patterns strongly indicate that the patent has been acquired for the purpose of assertion by a non-practicing entity.

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