Patent 11003191

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 (3)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2020-09-30 · reel 053725/0096 · Assignment

    William Londono CorreaAQUA PRODUCTS, INC.

    Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm · RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR

    Inventor assignment to a related entity.

  2. 2020-09-30 · reel 053725/0097 · Assignment

    Kameshwar DurvasulaAQUA PRODUCTS, INC.

    Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm · RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR

    Inventor assignment to a related entity.

  3. 2020-09-30 · reel 053725/0098 · Assignment

    AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC

    Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm · RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR

    Internal corporate reorganization/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

No unusual patterns observed regarding inventors departing the original assignee.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Zodiac Pool Systems LLC.
Zodiac Pool Systems LLC is a manufacturer of pool and spa products, including robotic pool cleaners, pumps, filters, and heaters. They ship products embodying the claims. Their current status is operating.

Assignment timeline

  • 2020-09-30 (executed) / recorded 2020-09-30 — Reel 053725/0096

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: William Londono Correa
    • Assignee: AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.
    • Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm, RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP, 1621 EUCLID AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115
    • Context: Inventor assignment to a related entity.

  • 2020-09-30 (executed) / recorded 2020-09-30 — Reel 053725/0097

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Kameshwar Durvasula
    • Assignee: AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.
    • Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm, RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP, 1621 EUCLID AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115. This correspondent appears on multiple entries in this chain.
    • Context: Inventor assignment to a related entity.

  • 2020-09-30 (executed) / recorded 2020-09-30 — Reel 053725/0098

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: AQUA PRODUCTS, INC.
    • Assignee: ZODIAC POOL SYSTEMS LLC
    • Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Fromm, RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP, 1621 EUCLID AVENUE, 19TH FLOOR, CLEVELAND, OHIO 44115. This correspondent appears on multiple entries in this chain.
    • Context: Internal corporate reorganization/transfer.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11003191
    2012 : Priority date
    2020 : Filed by Zodiac Pool Systems LLC
         : Inventors assigned to Aqua Products Inc
         : Aqua Products assigned to Zodiac Pool Systems
    2021 : Issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The transfers are between Zodiac Pool Systems LLC and Aqua Products, Inc., which appears to be a subsidiary or related entity, both involved in the pool products business.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Zodiac Pool Systems LLC and Aqua Products, Inc. are operating companies.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Jeffrey B. Fromm of RENNER, OTTO, BOISSELLE & SKLAR, LLP is listed as the correspondent on all three assignments recorded on 2020-09-30 (Reel 053725/0096, 053725/0097, and 053725/0098).
  4. Cascading transfers — present. All three assignments occurred on the same execution and recording date, 2020-09-30 (Reel 053725/0096, 053725/0097, 053725/0098), indicating a rapid series of transfers. This appears to be an internal corporate reorganization rather than a "cascading transfer" typical of NPE activity which often involves different, unrelated shell entities.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The assignments occurred in September 2020, and the patent was issued in May 2021. The first recorded litigation was filed in 2025.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present.
  7. Privateering — unclear. While there's a multi-step transfer involving a related entity, there's no public evidence to suggest privateering behavior.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present.

Verdict

Insufficient data. While there's a clear pattern of internal assignments (Reel 053725/0096, 053725/0097, 053725/0098) and a repeat correspondent, this appears to be part of an internal corporate reorganization within Zodiac Pool Systems LLC and its related entity, Aqua Products, Inc., both operating companies. There are no definitive signals of a transfer to a known NPE or a shell entity.

Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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