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.

Assignment history

Inventors

Shane Michael Johnston: Employer not specified in the patent. The patent lists "Individual" as the original assignee, implying the inventor is also the original owner.

Original assignee

The original assignee is listed as an "Individual" on the patent, which corresponds to the inventor, Shane Michael Johnston. The patent describes a "Headband with protective insert" for sporting activities, suggesting the potential for product development. Based on publicly available information, it is unclear whether Shane Michael Johnston (as an individual) currently ships a product embodying the claims or what their primary line of business or current status (operating, acquired, dissolved, in bankruptcy) is beyond being the inventor and original owner.

Assignment timeline

A search of the USPTO Assignment Center (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/) for patent number US11627771 shows no recorded assignments for this patent. This indicates that the ownership of the patent remains with the original assignee, the individual inventor Shane Michael Johnston, as of the current date.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11627771
    2020 : Filed by Shane Michael Johnston
    2023 : Issued to Shane Michael Johnston

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — Not present. There is no recorded transfer from the individual inventor to any entity, shell or otherwise.
Known asserter in the chain — Not present. The patent remains with the individual inventor, and no known asserters appear in the ownership history.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. No assignment records exist, therefore no correspondent information is available to identify recurrence.
Cascading transfers — Not present. No assignment records exist.
Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. No assignment records exist, and no litigation has been identified in previous sections of the report.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of the original assignee undergoing bankruptcy or a fire-sale of the patent.
Privateering — Not present. No evidence of privateering, as no transfers have been recorded.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent remains with the individual inventor and has not been acquired by any defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. There are no recorded assignments for US Patent 11627771 in the USPTO Assignment Center. This means that ownership appears to remain with the individual inventor, Shane Michael Johnston, as originally issued. Without any transfer records, it is not possible to identify any NPE/troll-pattern signals.

USPTO Assignment Center search for US11627771: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (Search by patent number 11627771)