Patent 10936685B2

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

  • Timothy Beggy: Likely employed by, or a founder of, Trinity Info Media LLC at the time of filing. His individual inventor rights were formally assigned to Trinity Info Media, LLC between January and December 2020.
  • David Shaun Neal: Likely employed by, or a founder of, Trinity Info Media LLC at the time of filing. His individual inventor rights were formally assigned to Trinity Info Media, LLC between January and December 2020.

The assignment of inventor interest to Trinity Info Media, LLC occurred on or before December 8, 2020 (Reel 054580/0358), after the patent's filing date (July 2, 2018) but prior to its issuance (March 2, 2021). This is a common practice for inventors to formally assign their rights to the employing or developing entity.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Trinity Info Media LLC.
The patent describes a "poll-based networking and ecommerce system". Without access to external business databases or product catalogs, it is unclear whether Trinity Info Media LLC ships a product embodying the claims or what their primary line of business is beyond what is described in the patent. The patent is currently active and lists Trinity Info Media LLC as the current assignee, suggesting it is still operating or managing the patent.

Assignment timeline

  • 2020-01-23 to 2020-12-08 (executed) / recorded 2020-12-08 — Reel 054580/0358
    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: BEGGY, TIMOTHY; NEAL, DAVID SHAUN
    • Assignee: TRINITY INFO MEDIA, LLC
    • Correspondent: SCHULTE & REZZA LLC, 326 WEST 15TH STREET, ERIE, PA 16502.
    • Context: Formal assignment of all rights, title, and interest from the individual inventors to Trinity Info Media, LLC, likely an internal reorg/formalization before patent issuance.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10936685B2
    2018 : Filed by Trinity Info Media LLC
    2020 : Inventors assign to Trinity
    2021 : Issued to Trinity Info Media LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The only recorded transfer is a standard assignment of inventor rights from individuals to Trinity Info Media, LLC (Reel 054580/0358). There is no indication of a transfer from an operating company to a licensing-only shell entity in the provided records.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Trinity Info Media, LLC is not identified as a known asserter on common NPE lists.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. SCHULTE & REZZA LLC is the correspondent for the single recorded assignment (Reel 054580/0358). With only one assignment in the chain, it is not possible to determine if this correspondent recurs in a pattern indicative of NPE activity.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is recorded for this patent.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The inventor assignment to Trinity Info Media, LLC was recorded on December 8, 2020 (Reel 054580/0358). The patent itself issued on March 2, 2021. While the Google Patents page indicates litigation filed in 2021, this assignment occurred before the patent was even granted and therefore prior to any potential post-issuance assertion.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no information in the patent record or associated legal events indicating that Trinity Info Media, LLC has filed for bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence of an operating company transferring the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently assigned to Trinity Info Media, LLC, not a recognized defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data
The only recorded assignment for US 10936685B2 is a standard assignment of inventor interests to the original assignee, Trinity Info Media, LLC (Reel 054580/0358, recorded 2020-12-08). This transfer occurred before the patent's issuance, and there are no subsequent transfers or other clear signals within the assignment chain to indicate an NPE pattern. Therefore, there is insufficient information in the assignment records to classify this patent as an NPE asset.

USPTO Assignment Center search for US10936685B2: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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