Patent 11258107

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

  1. 2022-02-23 · recorded 2022-03-01 · reel 065558/0995 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST

    Austin, Christopher B.CHARGELOGIC LLC

    Correspondent: DEREK P NEWTON · DEREK NEWTON

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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

The sole named inventor is Christopher B. Austin. His employer at the time of filing (January 16, 2019) is not stated in the patent text, but the patent lists "Individual" as the original assignee, suggesting he was an independent inventor and owner of the application at that time.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Christopher B. Austin, as an individual. It is not determinable whether Christopher B. Austin, as an individual, shipped a product embodying the claims. His primary line of business for this patent was inventing. His current status, with respect to this patent, is that he has assigned his interest to CHARGELOGIC LLC.

Assignment timeline

  • 2022-02-23 (executed) / recorded 2022-03-01 — Reel 065558/0995
    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
    • Assignor: AUSTIN, CHRISTOPHER B.
    • Assignee: CHARGELOGIC LLC
    • Correspondent: DEREK P NEWTON, DEREK NEWTON PC, 12790 FM 1464 RD, SUITE F-100, RICHMOND, TX 77407. This correspondent is known for filing assignments for patent assertion entities.
    • Context: Transfer from individual inventor to an LLC.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11258107
    2019 : Application filed by individual
    2022 : Patent issued to inventor
         : Inventor assigns to ChargeLogic LLC
    2026 : First infringement suit filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The patent was transferred from an individual inventor (Christopher B. Austin) to CHARGELOGIC LLC (Reel 065558/0995, executed 2022-02-23 / recorded 2022-03-01). CHARGELOGIC LLC is documented by Unified Patents as a litigant and has filed multiple infringement suits.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. CHARGELOGIC LLC is listed as a litigant by Unified Patents and has filed multiple infringement cases in the Western District of Texas.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. The correspondent, DEREK P NEWTON of DEREK NEWTON PC (Reel 065558/0995), is known for filing assignments for various patent assertion entities.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is recorded for this patent.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The assignment to ChargeLogic LLC was executed on 2022-02-23. The first infringement suits involving this patent were filed on 2026-01-24, which is more than 6 months after the assignment.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of the original assignee filing for bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — unclear. There is no publicly available information in the patent record or search results to suggest this is a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee, CHARGELOGIC LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator; rather, it is identified as a patent litigant.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The patent was assigned from an individual inventor to CHARGELOGIC LLC (Reel 065558/0995, executed 2022-02-23), an entity identified by Unified Patents as a patent litigant that has filed multiple infringement suits. Furthermore, the correspondent for the assignment, DEREK P NEWTON of DEREK NEWTON PC, is associated with numerous patent assertion entity filings.

Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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