Patent 10944901

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. 2020-05-06 · reel 054817/0116 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST

    SIVAN, IshaySNAPAID LTD.

    initial assignment from inventor to filing entity

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

No unusual patterns, such as all inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing, are determinable from the provided information.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Snapaid Ltd. Snapaid Ltd. does not appear to ship a product embodying the claims of US 10944901; instead, its primary line of business is patent licensing and assertion. Litigation documents state that "SnapAid has no apparent business operations other than asserting its patent portfolio". The company's website also explicitly invites inquiries for "IP and technology for licensing" and to "See our patent portfolio". Snapaid Ltd. is currently operating as a patent asserting entity, as evidenced by its active litigation against Samsung.

Assignment timeline

  • 2020-05-06 (executed) / recorded 2020-05-06 — Reel 054817/0116
    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
    • Assignor: SIVAN, Ishay
    • Assignee: SNAPAID LTD.
    • Correspondent: NOT LISTED
    • Context: Initial assignment from inventor to the filing entity.

The USPTO Patent Assignment Search for US10944901 shows only one recorded assignment from the inventor to Snapaid Ltd.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 10944901
    2020 : Filed, inventor assigned to Snapaid Ltd
    2021 : Issued
    2025 : First infringement suit filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. While the initial transfer was from the inventor, Snapaid Ltd. itself functions as a licensing-only entity. Litigation documents state that "SnapAid has no apparent business operations other than asserting its patent portfolio". Furthermore, the SnapAid website openly solicits inquiries for "IP and technology for licensing". This indicates Snapaid Ltd. operates as a shell entity for patent assertion.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — Present. Snapaid Ltd. is actively asserting US 10944901 against [Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Samsung%20Electronics%20Co.%2C%20Ltd.) and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:25-cv-00378).
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. The single recorded assignment (Reel 054817/0116) does not list a correspondent.
  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment in the chain from the inventor to Snapaid Ltd.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The assignment from Ishay Sivan to Snapaid Ltd. was executed and recorded on 2020-05-06 (Reel 054817/0116). The litigation against Samsung was filed on April 10, 2025, which is more than six months after the assignment.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. No evidence of bankruptcy proceedings or fire-sale related transfers.
  7. Privateering — Unclear. The patent was assigned directly from the inventor to Snapaid Ltd. There is no public information indicating that an operating company transferred the patent to Snapaid Ltd. to assert on its behalf.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is currently being asserted by Snapaid Ltd., not held by a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The high confidence in Snapaid Ltd. being an NPE is supported by two strong signals: Snapaid Ltd. acts as a shell entity whose "business operations other than asserting its patent portfolio" are non-existent. Additionally, Snapaid Ltd. is a known asserter, currently litigating this patent against Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas (Case No. 2:25-cv-00378).

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center search for US10944901: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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