Assignment history

Inventors

• Jon Hee Lee (Employer: Likely Baby Jogger, LLC at the time of filing)
• Megan Roe (Employer: Likely Baby Jogger, LLC at the time of filing)
• Stacy Noel Simpson (Employer: Likely Baby Jogger, LLC at the time of filing)
• Mark Zehfuss (Employer: Likely Baby Jogger, LLC at the time of filing)

The inventors assigned their interest to Baby Jogger, LLC on June 27, 2020, approximately three months after the patent's filing date of March 27, 2020. This is a common pattern for employee-inventors assigning their rights to their employer.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Baby Jogger LLC.

Baby Jogger LLC ships products embodying the claims, specifically children's strollers and related juvenile products. Their primary line of business is the design, manufacture, and sale of these products. Baby Jogger is a brand under Newell Brands. The current status of the direct entity Baby Jogger LLC appears to be an internal reorganization or transfer within the corporate structure, as the patent was subsequently assigned to Baby Jogger II, LLC.

Assignment timeline

• 2020-06-27 (executed) / recorded 2020-06-27 — Reel 064372/0108

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: ZEHFUSS, MARK; LEE, JOHN HEE; ROE, MEGAN; SIMPSON, STACY NOEL
  • Assignee: BABY JOGGER, LLC
  • Correspondent: BLAIR M. JACOBSON; KUTAK ROCK LLP; 1650 ARCHER STREET, SUITE 300, KANSAS CITY, MO 64108.
  • Context: Internal transfer of inventor rights to employer.

• 2026-01-23 (executed) / recorded 2026-02-02 — Reel 067092/0950

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
  • Assignor: Baby Jogger, LLC
  • Assignee: BABY JOGGER II, LLC
  • Correspondent: JOHN M. D'ANGELO; CHIESA SHAHINIAN & GIANTOMASI PC; ONE BOLAND DRIVE, WEST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY 07052.
  • Context: Internal corporate reorganization or transfer.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11192568
    2008 : Priority date
    2020 : Filed
         : Inventors assign to Baby Jogger LLC
    2021 : Patent issued
    2024 : First infringement suit filed
    2026 : Baby Jogger LLC to Baby Jogger II LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The assignees, Baby Jogger, LLC and BABY JOGGER II, LLC, appear to be operating companies or direct subsidiaries within an operating corporate structure (Newell Brands) involved in manufacturing and selling strollers. Their names do not contain typical shell entity suffixes.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Neither Baby Jogger, LLC nor BABY JOGGER II, LLC are identified as known Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) or patent assertion entities.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. The two recorded assignments have different correspondents: Blair M. Jacobson of Kutak Rock LLP (Reel 064372/0108) and John M. D'Angelo of Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi PC (Reel 067092/0950).
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There are only two assignments in the record, occurring over a span of several years (2020 and 2026), which does not indicate rapid, chained transfers.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The initial assignment from inventors to Baby Jogger, LLC occurred on 2020-06-27, prior to the patent's issuance (2021-12-07) and well before the first recorded infringement suits in 2024. The subsequent assignment to Baby Jogger II, LLC occurred on 2026-01-23, which is after the initial litigation filings in 2024.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no evidence suggesting Baby Jogger LLC underwent bankruptcy proceedings leading to the patent transfer.
7. Privateering — Not present. No information suggests a privateering arrangement where an operating company transfers a patent to an NPE for assertion on its behalf. The assignees are linked to an operating product company.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, BABY JOGGER II, LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator like RPX or Allied Security Trust.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The assignment record shows a conventional transfer from individual inventors to the original operating company, Baby Jogger, LLC, on 2020-06-27 (Reel 064372/0108). A later transfer to Baby Jogger II, LLC on 2026-01-23 (Reel 067092/0950) appears to be an internal corporate reorganization within the operating business or its parent company (Newell Brands), not a transfer to a shell entity for licensing. The identified litigation began in 2024, indicating potential assertion by the operating company (or its then-current entity).

For verification, refer to the USPTO Assignment Center search for US11192568: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/