Assignment history

Inventors

• Fabrice Delhoste (Thales DIS France SAS)
• Frédéric PAILLART (Thales DIS France SAS)
• Sébastien PETIT (Thales DIS France SAS)

No unusual patterns detected regarding inventors departing the original assignee.

Original assignee

Thales DIS France SAS.
Thales DIS France SAS is primarily involved in digital security, including identity and data protection. They ship products embodying the claims, specifically in secure elements and authentication solutions. Thales DIS France SAS is an operating company.

Assignment timeline

• 2021-01-11 (executed) / recorded 2021-01-20 — Reel 054960/0332

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: DELHOSTE, FABRICE; PAILLART, FREDERIC; PETIT, SEBASTIEN
  • Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
  • Correspondent: THALES NORTH AMERICA INC., C/O SUSAN M. KENDALL 2200 WOBURN ST. SUITE 100, WILMINGTON MA 01887.
  • Context: Internal reorg (transfer from individual inventors to a corporate entity).

• 2021-12-15 (executed) / recorded 2022-02-04 — Reel 058884/0238

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: THALES DIS FRANCE SA
  • Assignee: THALES DIS FRANCE SAS
  • Correspondent: THALES NORTH AMERICA INC., C/O SUSAN M. KENDALL 2200 WOBURN ST. SUITE 100, WILMINGTON MA 01887. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: Internal reorg (transfer between related corporate entities, likely a name change or restructuring).

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11387982
    2018 : Filed by Thales DIS France SAS
    2021 : Inventors assign to Thales DIS France SA
    2022 : Thales DIS France SA assigns to Thales DIS France SAS
         : Patent issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The transfers are between entities within the Thales group, which is an operating company.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Neither Thales DIS France SA nor Thales DIS France SAS appear on public NPE lists.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. The correspondent "THALES NORTH AMERICA INC., C/O SUSAN M. KENDALL 2200 WOBURN ST. SUITE 100, WILMINGTON MA 01887" appears on both recorded assignments (Reel 054960/0332 and Reel 058884/0238). This indicates consistent internal legal representation for the Thales entities.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are two transfers over approximately one year, both within the Thales corporate structure. This does not indicate rapid, speculative transfers between unrelated LLCs.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. There is no information provided about litigation involving this patent, so it's not possible to determine if transfers occurred within 6 months of a first infringement suit.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication that Thales DIS France SAS or its predecessors filed for bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence from SEC filings or other sources to suggest Thales is using an NPE to assert patents on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not end at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. While two assignments are recorded, they appear to be internal reorganizations within the Thales group, a known operating company. Without information on litigation or other transfers, it's not possible to confidently classify this patent as being asserted by an NPE. The presence of a repeat correspondent is noted, but in this context, it aligns with internal corporate legal representation rather than an NPE pattern.

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