Assignment history

Inventors

• John Patrick Francis DANDISON
• James Allen Johnson
• Paul Joseph Lyman Schottland

At the time of the original invention (priority date October 17, 2011), the inventors appear to be the principals of Disintermediation Services Inc. Public records and professional profiles do not indicate they were employed by another operating company when the invention was conceived. This pattern is common in founder-inventor scenarios.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Disintermediation Services Inc. According to North Carolina public records, the company was incorporated in 2011. There is no public evidence that Disintermediation Services Inc. has ever developed or shipped a commercial product or service embodying the claims of the patent. The company's sole known activity is the assertion of its patent portfolio, as detailed in the litigation summary. Unified Patents identifies the entity as a patent assertion entity. The company's status appears to be active solely for the purpose of patent licensing and litigation.

Assignment timeline

A search of the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database for US 11,336,597 reveals one recorded assignment.

• 2022-04-13 (executed) / recorded 2022-04-19 — Reel 058869/0635
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignor's Interest
  • Assignor: John Patrick Francis Dandison; Paul Joseph Lyman Schottland; James Allen Johnson (the inventors)
  • Assignee: Disintermediation Services, Inc.
  • Correspondent: Joseph M. Teleoglou; Teleoglou Law PLLC; 10752 Deerwood Park Blvd, Suite 100, Jacksonville, FL, 32256
  • Context: This is a confirmatory assignment transferring the inventors' rights to the original assignee, Disintermediation Services, Inc., formalizing the ownership chain prior to assertion.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11336597
    2011 : Provisional application filed
    2012 : First non-provisional filed
    2022 : Patent issued
         : Inventors formally assign to Disintermediation Services Inc
         : First infringement suits filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present.
   The patent was assigned from the inventors directly to Disintermediation Services, Inc. (Reel 058869/0635). This entity has no known products or services and appears to exist solely to hold and assert patents, which is the definition of a shell entity for licensing purposes.

2. Known asserter in the chain — present.
   The current and sole assignee, Disintermediation Services, Inc., is a known patent asserter. It is listed as a plaintiff in multiple infringement cases and is tracked as a patent assertion entity by organizations like Unified Patents.

3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present.
   Only one assignment is on record, so there is no recurrence. However, the correspondent of record, Joseph M. Teleoglou of Teleoglou Law PLLC, has been identified in legal analytics as counsel for various patent assertion entities in litigation, making his presence notable.

4. Cascading transfers — not present.
   There are no recorded cascading transfers; ownership has remained with the original assignee since the confirmatory assignment.

5. Pre-litigation transfer — present.
   The confirmatory assignment was executed on April 13, 2022, and recorded on April 19, 2022 (Reel 058869/0635). The first lawsuits asserting this patent family were filed in mid-2022 (e.g., against LiveAdmins, case 1:2022cv06539). This recording served to clean up the chain of title and ensure legal standing immediately before the litigation campaign began.

6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present.
   The original assignee is not known to have gone through bankruptcy.

7. Privateering — not present.
   There is no evidence that an operating company transferred this patent to Disintermediation Services, Inc. to assert on its behalf.

8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present.
   The patent is not assigned to any known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The verdict is based on multiple strong signals. The assignee, Disintermediation Services, Inc., is a known patent asserter with no evidence of commercial products, fitting the profile of a patent-holding entity (Signal 2). The formal assignment from the inventors to this entity was recorded immediately before the start of a widespread litigation campaign, indicating a clear intent to assert (Signal 1, Signal 5). This pattern of behavior is characteristic of a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) operating a litigation-centric business model.

A link to the USPTO assignment records for verification can be found here: USPTO Assignment Search for US 11,336,597.