Patent 11134316

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 (2)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2018-01-23 · reel 045761/0074 · Assignment

    WOOTON, JOHN PATRICK, PAVLOSKY, CHARLEY, FANNIN, TONY, GILLAND, TRACI, WICKENS, ERICSEETV GLOBAL, INC.

    Correspondent: BRENT E. ROUSE

    Transfer from individual inventors to a company

  2. 2021-07-21 · reel 057991/0950 · Change of Name

    SEETV GLOBAL, INC.Shopsee, Inc.

    Correspondent: BRENT E. ROUSE

    Name change of the assignee

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

  • Charley Pavlosky (Shopsee Inc)
  • Traci Gilland (Shopsee Inc)
  • Tony Fannin (Shopsee Inc)
  • Eric Wickens (Shopsee Inc)
  • John Patrick Wooton (Shopsee Inc)

Original assignee

The original assignee, Shopsee Inc, appears to be an operating company whose primary line of business involves developing systems for integrated shopping within long-form entertainment. It is currently active. [cite: Original Patent]

Assignment timeline

  • 2018-01-23 (executed) / recorded 2018-01-23 — Reel 045761/0074
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: WOOTON, JOHN PATRICK, PAVLOSKY, CHARLEY, FANNIN, TONY, GILLAND, TRACI, WICKENS, ERIC
    • Assignee: SEETV GLOBAL, INC.
    • Correspondent: BRENT E. ROUSE, 11451 KATY FREEWAY SUITE 440, HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, 77079
    • Context: Transfer from individual inventors to a company.
  • 2021-07-21 (executed) / recorded 2021-07-21 — Reel 057991/0950
    • Conveyance: Change of Name
    • Assignor: SEETV GLOBAL, INC.
    • Assignee: Shopsee, Inc.
    • Correspondent: BRENT E. ROUSE, 11451 KATY FREEWAY SUITE 440, HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES, 77079. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
    • Context: Name change of the assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11134316
    2017 : Filed by Shopsee Inc
    2018 : Assigned to SeeTV Global Inc
    2021 : Name change to Shopsee Inc
         : Issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While the initial transfer is from individuals to SEETV GLOBAL, INC., and subsequently to Shopsee, Inc. via a name change, there is no explicit evidence within the provided text that these entities are shell companies (e.g., no products, registered-agent address, single-purpose LLC). The patent abstract and descriptions suggest the assignee is involved in developing and deploying the described technology.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the named assignees (Shopsee Inc, SEETV GLOBAL, INC.) match the provided list of known asserters or entities typically identified by Unified Patents or RPX.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Brent E. Rouse of 11451 Katy Freeway Suite 440, Houston, Texas, United States, 77079 is listed as the correspondent for both the 2018-01-23 assignment to SEETV GLOBAL, INC. [cite: 045761/0074] and the 2021-07-21 change of name to Shopsee, Inc. [cite: 057991/0950].
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two recorded transfers, one being a name change, over a period of several years.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The earliest recorded litigation case is 7:24-cv-00333, filed in 2024. The last recorded assignment/name change was on 2021-07-21 [cite: 057991/0950], more than six months prior to the known litigation. However, specific filing dates for all litigation cases are not provided in the prompt.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings for any of the entities in the assignment chain.
  7. Privateering — not present. There is no information in the provided text to suggest a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. While the presence of a repeat correspondent (Brent E. Rouse) across the assignment chain is a weak signal, there is insufficient concrete evidence to confidently classify this as an NPE pattern. The original assignee appears to be an operating company, and there's no strong indication of shell entities or known asserters in the chain. More information regarding the business activities of SEETV GLOBAL, INC. and Shopsee, Inc. beyond what is in the patent document would be needed for a more definitive assessment, as well as more precise litigation filing dates.

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