Patent 11096797

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

  • Ahmnon D. Moskowitz (no employer information available)
  • Mosheh T. Moskowitz (no employer information available)
  • Pablo A. Valdivia Y. Alvarado (no employer information available)
  • Eric Sugalski (no employer information available)
  • Nathan C. Moskowitz (no employer information available)
  • David Schoon (no employer information available)

No unusual patterns observed regarding inventor departures.

Original assignee

Moskowitz Family LLC. It is unclear from the patent text or readily available public information whether Moskowitz Family LLC shipped a product embodying the claims. The primary line of business appears to be intellectual property holding and licensing related to medical devices, specifically spinal implants. Their current status is operating, as indicated by ongoing litigation.

Assignment timeline

No post-issuance assignments for US patent 11096797 are recorded in the USPTO Assignment Center as of 2026-05-26. The original assignee, Moskowitz Family LLC, appears to retain ownership.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11096797
    2019 : Application filed by Moskowitz Family LLC
    2021 : Patent granted to Moskowitz Family LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent was filed by and granted to Moskowitz Family LLC, and there are no recorded transfers to entities with shell-like naming conventions or indications of non-operating status.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. There are no known NPEs or patent assertion entities identified in the ownership chain.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. With no assignment records, there's no correspondent information to analyze for recurrence.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. No assignments have been recorded.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While the Google Patents "Family has litigation" section mentions PTAB case IPR2026-00124 filed and a US case filed in Minnesota District Court (0:25-cv-00769), the specific filing dates of these cases are not provided in enough detail to determine if any unrecorded assignments occurred within 6 months prior to their initiation. However, there are no recorded assignments at all, making it impossible to establish this signal with certainty.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of the original assignee undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.
  7. Privateering — not present. No evidence in the patent record or other readily available information suggests a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is not currently assigned to any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

Insufficient data.
The lack of any recorded assignments in the USPTO Assignment Center makes it impossible to confidently determine NPE activity. While there is mention of litigation in Google Patents, without corresponding assignment records, no specific troll patterns can be identified or confirmed.

Generated 5/26/2026, 12:47:35 PM