Patent 11004139

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. 2019-07-16 · Assignment

    ISAACSON, THOMAS M; DURHAM, RYAN CONNELLMONTICELLO ENTERPRISES LLC

    inventors to 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 noted, as both inventors appear to be associated with the original assignee at the time of filing.

Original assignee

Monticello Enterprises LLC. It is unclear from the patent text or publicly available information if Monticello Enterprises LLC shipped a product embodying the claims. Their primary line of business, based on the patent, appears to be intellectual property related to simplified purchasing systems. Their current status is "Active" according to Google Patents.

Assignment timeline

To determine the full assignment record, a direct search of the USPTO Assignment Center for patent number US11004139 is necessary. Unfortunately, I cannot directly access the live USPTO Assignment Center database to retrieve the specific reel/frame and correspondent information for this patent. My search capabilities allow me to find general information about the USPTO Assignment Search tool, but not to execute a live search within it.

Therefore, I cannot provide a detailed chronological list of every recorded assignment, including reel/frame, conveyance type, assignor, assignee, correspondent, and context for US11004139.

However, Google Patents indicates that the "Current Assignee" is Monticello Enterprises LLC and the "Original Assignee" is also Monticello Enterprises LLC. The "reassignment" event on 2019-07-16 states: "Assigned to Monticello Enterprises LLC (ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST (SEE DOCUMENT FOR DETAILS). Assignors: ISAACSON, THOMAS M, DURHAM, RYAN CONNELL)". This suggests an assignment from the inventors to Monticello Enterprises LLC, which aligns with Monticello Enterprises LLC being both the original and current assignee.

Without direct access to the USPTO Assignment Center to verify any additional assignments, I must state that no further assignments are readily determinable from the provided search results.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11004139
    2018 : Application filed by Monticello Enterprises LLC
    2019 : Assigned to Monticello Enterprises LLC (inventors to entity)
    2021 : Patent granted to Monticello Enterprises LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Due to the inability to access the live USPTO Assignment Center and retrieve specific reel/frame and correspondent information, most of these signals cannot be definitively assessed.

  1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While Monticello Enterprises LLC is the assignee, without full assignment records and information on product shipment, it's not possible to definitively classify it as a shell entity solely for licensing.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Based on the information available, Monticello Enterprises LLC is not explicitly listed as a known NPE.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. This requires access to the correspondent information from the USPTO Assignment Center, which is not available.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment from the inventors to Monticello Enterprises LLC is indicated.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While Google Patents notes "Family has litigation", the exact filing dates of any infringement suits and their relationship to potential assignment dates are not available without further research into the litigation records.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy for the original assignee.
  7. Privateering — unclear. There's no information to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE for assertion.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data.
Based on the available information, only the initial assignment from the inventors to Monticello Enterprises LLC is apparent. Without direct access to the USPTO Assignment Center to review all recorded assignments, including correspondent details, it is not possible to confidently identify NPE/troll-pattern signals. A direct search on the USPTO Assignment Center for patent number US11004139 would be required for a definitive analysis.

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