Patent 10867001

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.

2025-03-18 · reel 057169/0073 · Assignment of Assignors Interest
Osann, Robert, Jr.Accusearch Technologies LLC
Correspondent: Matthew Dock
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Assignment history

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Inventors

Robert Osann, Jr. (Independent Inventor).

Robert Osann, Jr. is an independent inventor and intellectual property consultant. He has founded or co-founded five venture-backed startups and has extensive experience in engineering and marketing. He has personally written and prosecuted 42 of his 69 issued US patents pro se. Robert Osann, Jr. performs consulting services through Nif/T, LLC, an IP consulting firm located in Reno, Nevada. Since 2007, he has sold 8 US patents and 10 pending applications in five transactions to four different buyers.

Original assignee

The original assignee, as named on the issued patent, is "Individual," referring to the inventor, Robert Osann, Jr. Robert Osann, Jr. is an independent inventor and consultant and does not ship products embodying the claims of this patent himself. He has a history of selling or licensing his patents. He is currently operating as an independent IP consultant.

Assignment timeline

2025-03-18 (executed) / recorded 2025-03-18 — Reel 057169/0073
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
- Assignor: Osann, Robert, Jr.
- Assignee: Accusearch Technologies LLC
- Correspondent: Matthew Dock, 3523 N Star Dr, Stillwater OK 74075. This correspondent's name and address are associated with RPX Technologies, Inc., a defense contractor.
- Context: Transfer to asserter

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10867001
    2011 : Priority Date
    2020 : Issued to Robert Osann Jr.
    2025 : Assigned to Accusearch Technologies LLC
    2025 : Litigation against Google filed
    2026 : IPR filed by Unified Patents

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — Present. The patent was transferred from Robert Osann, Jr. to Accusearch Technologies LLC on March 18, 2025 (Reel 057169/0073). Accusearch Technologies LLC is an entity that has initiated litigation against Google over this patent family and related patents, and is identified by RPX as having received a large patent portfolio from the inventor for assertion. While there's an entity called "Accusearch, LLC" that provides background screening services, the context of the patent litigation strongly suggests AccuSearch Technologies LLC is a separate, licensing-only entity. RPX specifically refers to AccuSearch Technologies LLC as the entity that received a portfolio from Osann for assertion, and Unified Patents has initiated IPRs against Accusearch Technologies LLC concerning this patent family, which is a common action against NPEs.
Known asserter in the chain — Present. Accusearch Technologies LLC is identified by RPX as having received a patent portfolio for assertion and has initiated litigation against Google. Unified Patents has also filed IPRs against Accusearch Technologies LLC related to this patent, a common practice when dealing with NPEs.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. The sole assignment recorded for this patent lists Matthew Dock as the correspondent. While Matthew Dock is associated with RPX Technologies, Inc., a defense contractor, there is only one assignment recorded for this patent, so recurrence cannot be established in this chain.
Cascading transfers — Not present. There is only one assignment recorded for this patent.
Pre-litigation transfer — Present. The assignment to Accusearch Technologies LLC was executed and recorded on March 18, 2025 (Reel 057169/0073). Accusearch Technologies LLC filed its first litigation against Google on April 29, 2025, which is within two months of the assignment, well within the 6-month window for this signal.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication in the patent records or available search results that the original assignee, Robert Osann, Jr., filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — Unclear. While the transfer to Accusearch Technologies LLC and subsequent litigation suggest assertion, there is no public information definitively indicating an operating company transferred the patent to Accusearch Technologies LLC to assert on its behalf against competitors. Robert Osann, Jr. is an independent inventor.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain terminates with Accusearch Technologies LLC, which has been identified as an asserting entity. Unified Patents has filed IPRs against Accusearch Technologies LLC, which is a defensive action, but Unified Patents is not an assignee in the chain.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The assignment of the patent from independent inventor Robert Osann, Jr. to Accusearch Technologies LLC on March 18, 2025 (Reel 057169/0073), immediately followed by Accusearch Technologies LLC filing litigation against Google on April 29, 2025, are strong indicators of an NPE assertion. Furthermore, RPX has identified Accusearch Technologies LLC as an entity that received a portfolio from Osann for assertion, and Unified Patents has filed IPRs against Accusearch Technologies LLC, a common anti-NPE action.

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