Patent 11516694

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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Ownership chain (2)

Asserters network →

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

2021-09-10 · Assignment
Jeffrey C. Adams Spectranet, Inc.
transfer-from-inventor
2024-11-13 · Assignment
Spectranet, Inc.Spectranet, Inc.
internal reorg

Assignment history

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Inventors

The sole named inventor for US patent 11516694 is Jeffrey C. Adams. [cite: US11516694B1] Based on the original assignee information, it can be inferred that Jeffrey C. Adams was associated with Spectranet Inc. at the time of the application's priority and filing dates. [cite: US11516694B1] No information regarding his employer post-filing or departure patterns is available within the provided patent text.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Spectranet Inc. [cite: US11516694B1]

The patent describes technology for "Low latency wireless messaging" specifically aimed at "low latency financial transaction execution, such as high speed high frequency trading (HFT)." [cite: US11516694B1] This indicates Spectranet Inc.'s primary line of business, at least with respect to this patent, was in providing or developing low-latency communication solutions for financial markets.

The current assignee is listed as SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC. [cite: US11516694B1] This suggests that Spectranet Inc. is no longer the direct owner, having assigned the patent to SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC. The current operational status of Spectranet Inc. (operating, acquired, dissolved, in bankruptcy) cannot be determined definitively from the provided patent text or its associated legal events; the transfer indicates a change in ownership.

Assignment timeline

Due to the inability to perform a live search on the USPTO Assignment Center to retrieve specific reel/frame numbers, recording dates, and correspondent details, a full reconstruction of the assignment record as typically obtained from that source is not possible. However, the Google Patents legal events section provides a timeline of ownership changes for this patent.

2021-09-10 (executed date not explicitly separated from recording date in Google Patents, so using this as the event date) — Details from Google Patents [cite: US11516694B1]
- Conveyance: Assignment (implied by "Assigned to")
- Assignor: Jeffrey C. Adams
- Assignee: Spectranet, Inc.
- Correspondent: Not available without USPTO Assignment Center search.
- Context: Transfer from inventor to the original assignee.
2024-11-13 (executed date not explicitly separated from recording date in Google Patents, so using this as the event date) — Details from Google Patents [cite: US11516694B1]
- Conveyance: Assignment (implied by "Assigned to")
- Assignor: Spectranet, Inc.
- Assignee: SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Correspondent: Not available without USPTO Assignment Center search.
- Context: Transfer from original assignee to an affiliated entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11516694
    2021 : Application filed by Spectranet Inc
         : Assigned from inventor to Spectranet Inc
    2022 : Patent Issued
    2024 : Assigned to SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — unclear. The transfer from "Spectranet, Inc." to "SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC" [cite: US11516694B1] could indicate a move to a licensing-focused entity, but without information on their respective product lines, business activities, or registered agent addresses, this cannot be confirmed. The name change itself is insufficient evidence.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the assignees ("Spectranet Inc.", "SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC") match common public NPE lists based on the provided data. [cite: US11516694B1]
Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. Correspondent information (name, firm, address) is not available from the provided Google Patents legal events; a live USPTO Assignment Center search would be required to determine this.
Cascading transfers — not present. Only two transfers are noted in the timeline over a period of several years, not multiple consecutive transfers within a short timeframe. [cite: US11516694B1]
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. No litigation involving this patent was found in the prior analysis, so there is no basis to evaluate a pre-litigation transfer.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication from the provided information that any of the assignors filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — unclear. Without SEC filings or external reporting on the business activities of Spectranet Inc. or SPECTRANET TECHNOLOGIES LLC, it is not possible to determine if this is a privateering arrangement.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not end at any known defensive aggregators like RPX, AST, LOT Network, or OIN. [cite: US11516694B1]

Verdict

Insufficient data

The provided information from the Google Patents legal events section, while outlining the sequence of assignments, lacks critical details such as reel/frame numbers, recording dates, and correspondent information that are essential for a robust NPE analysis. Without access to the USPTO Assignment Center's full records, most NPE signals cannot be confidently marked as present or absent.

For verification, you can search the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (search for patent number US11516694).

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