Assignment history

Inventors

The named inventors for U.S. Patent 11,418,466 are:

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

At the time of filing, the inventors' employer was Disintermediation Services Inc., as indicated by the assignment of their interest to the company shortly after the patent application's filing.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Disintermediation Services Inc.

Based on public records, Disintermediation Services Inc. does not appear to ship a product embodying the claimed invention in the traditional sense of manufacturing or providing a tangible good or service to end-users related to the technology itself. Instead, Unified Patents identifies Disintermediation Services, Inc. as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE). Their primary line of business appears to be intellectual property licensing and assertion. The company's current status is operating, as evidenced by its active involvement in patent litigation, as noted in the previously generated Litigation Summary.

Assignment timeline

• 2022-06-15 (executed) / recorded 2022-06-20 — Reel 058864/0839
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: DANDISON, JOHN PATRICK FRANCIS; SCHOTTLAND, PAUL JOSEPH LYMAN; JOHNSON, JAMES ALLEN
  • Assignee: DISINTERMEDIATION SERVICES, INC.
  • Correspondent: DEREK C. HANSEN, P.A. 401 SECOND AVENUE SOUTH SUITE 630 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55401. This correspondent handled the initial transfer from the inventors to the assignee.
  • Context: Transfer of all rights, title, and interest from the individual inventors to the corporate entity.

As of the current date, no further assignments for U.S. Patent 11,418,466 are recorded in the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database beyond the initial transfer from the inventors to Disintermediation Services, Inc.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11418466
    2011 : Priority Date Oct 17
    2022 : Application filed May 10
         : Inventors assigned to Disintermediation Services Inc Jun 15
         : Patent issued Aug 16

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer: Present. Disintermediation Services, Inc. is identified as a Non-Practicing Entity by Unified Patents, and there is no public indication of them shipping products embodying the claimed invention. The initial transfer from the inventors to this entity (Reel 058864/0839, executed 2022-06-15) effectively makes it a shell-entity transfer for assertion purposes.
2. Known asserter in the chain: Present. Disintermediation Services, Inc. is listed as a known Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) by Unified Patents.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain: Unclear. Only one assignment record (Reel 058864/0839) is present, handled by Derek C. Hansen, P.A. Thus, recurrence across this chain cannot be determined.
4. Cascading transfers: Not present. Only a single assignment from inventors to the assignee is recorded (Reel 058864/0839).
5. Pre-litigation transfer: Unclear. The initial assignment from the inventors to Disintermediation Services, Inc. (Reel 058864/0839, executed 2022-06-15) occurred approximately five months before the first recorded infringement suit (filed 2022-11-15). While within the 6-month window, this was the initial inventor-to-company assignment, not a transfer between corporate entities.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale: Not present. There is no evidence of a bankruptcy fire-sale.
7. Privateering: Not present. No evidence of privateering activity.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE): Not present. The current assignee, Disintermediation Services, Inc., is identified as an NPE, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The current assignee, Disintermediation Services, Inc., is explicitly identified as a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE) by Unified Patents, and there is no public evidence of them manufacturing or selling products embodying the claims. The initial assignment from the inventors to this entity (Reel 058864/0839) occurred approximately five months before the patent was first asserted in litigation (filed 2022-11-15), indicating an intent to assert the patent through this corporate structure.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center search for US11418466: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/assignment-result?query=11418466

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Citations:

Unified Patents. Disintermediation Services, Inc. Litigation. https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/litigation/Delaware%20District%20Court/case/1%3A22-cv-01490 (Source: Unified Patents Litigation Data)
Darts-ip. Global patent litigation dataset for US11418466(B1). https://patents.darts-ip.com/?family=[48086743](/patent/48086743)&utm_source=google_patent&utm_medium=platform_link&utm_campaign=public_patent_search&patent=US11418466(B1) (Source: Darts-ip)
U.S. Patent 11,418,466 (full text).
The previously generated Litigation Summary section of this analysis.
USPTO Patent Assignment Search for US11418466. https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/assignment-result?query=11418466