Patent 11017020

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

  • Christopher J. Desmond (employer not determinable)
  • Nancy L. Desmond (employer not determinable)
  • L. Michael Taylor (employer not determinable)

Original assignee

MemoryWeb LLC is the entity named on the issued patent. MemoryWeb LLC offers a platform for managing and organizing digital files, such as photos and videos, with features for tagging, sorting, and sharing. The company's current status is "Active" according to Google Patents.

Assignment timeline

No assignments for US11017020B2 were found in the USPTO Assignment Center records.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 11017020
    2020 : Filed by MemoryWeb LLC
    2021 : Issued to MemoryWeb LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. There are no recorded assignments of the patent from an operating company to a licensing-only entity.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. There are no recorded assignments to any known patent assertion entities (NPEs) such as Acacia Research Corp, Marathon Patent Group, Intellectual Ventures, IPNav, Wi-LAN, Mosaid/Conversant, Vringo, Pendrell, Innovatio IP Ventures, MPHJ Technology, Lumen View Technology, Round Rock Research, Document Generation Corp, or Erich Spangenberg entities.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. No assignment records were found.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. No assignment records were found.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. No assignment records were found.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No assignment records indicating a transfer due to bankruptcy were found.
  7. Privateering — not present. No assignment records or public information suggest a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. There are no recorded assignments to defensive aggregators like RPX, Allied Security Trust (AST), LOT Network, Unified Patents, or Open Invention Network.

Verdict

Insufficient data. There are no recorded assignments for US patent 11017020 in the USPTO Assignment Center, meaning MemoryWeb LLC, the original assignee, still owns the patent. Without any transfer records, it is not possible to assess NPE/troll-pattern signals.

USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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