Assignment history

Inventors

• Lawrence DeMonico: No employer at the time of filing is determinable from the patent document.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is ABC IP LLC. The patent document does not provide information about whether ABC IP LLC ships a product embodying the claims, its primary line of business, or its current operating status.

Assignment timeline

• 2022-02-08 (executed) / recorded 2022-02-08 — Reel 059943/0651
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: DEMONICO, LAWRENCE
  • Assignee: ABC IP, LLC
  • Correspondent: R. Steven Herbert, Herbert & Cowling, 2030 Powers Ferry Road, Suite 105, Atlanta, GA 30339. This correspondent appears multiple times in this chain.
  • Context: Original assignment from inventor to assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11346627
    2022 : Filed by Lawrence DeMonico
         : Assigned to ABC IP, LLC
         : Issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. The initial assignment is from the inventor to ABC IP, LLC. Without further information about ABC IP, LLC's business activities or physical address beyond what is recorded for the correspondent, it is difficult to definitively determine if it is a shell entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. As of the current analysis, neither Lawrence DeMonico nor ABC IP, LLC appear on public NPE lists.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. R. Steven Herbert of Herbert & Cowling is listed as the correspondent for the only recorded assignment. This specific correspondent's recurrence could be a signal if tracking multiple patents associated with this entity.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There is only one recorded assignment for this patent.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. There is no known litigation involving this patent.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings for the assignor or assignee.
7. Privateering — unclear. There is no information available in the patent document or assignment records 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. Only one assignment from the inventor to ABC IP, LLC is recorded (Reel 059943/0651, executed and recorded on 2022-02-08). While the nature of "ABC IP, LLC" might suggest a potential for shell entity characteristics, there is not enough public information to definitively confirm this, nor are there other assignments or litigation records to indicate an NPE pattern.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/index.html.