Assignment history — US Patent 11666827

Inventors

Yousuf Chowdhary (Employer: Imaginear Inc.)
Jeffrey Brunet (Employer: Imaginear Inc.)
Ravinder Sharma (Employer: Imaginear Inc.)

Based on the available information, all named inventors appear to have been employed by Imaginear Inc. at the time of filing. There are no immediate signals of all inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing.

Original assignee

The original assignee on the issued patent is Imaginear Inc..

ImagineAR Inc. provides an augmented reality (AR)-as-a-service platform that enables sports teams and organizations to create and implement their own AR campaigns without programming experience. Their products include the ImagineAR SDK, ImagineAR WebAR, ImagineAR Cloud, and the ImagineAR Mobile App, which facilitate AR visual and GPS activations, AR Scavenger Hunts, Reward Cards, and Real-time Analytics.

As of April 10, 2026, ImagineAR Inc. temporarily suspended active operations of its augmented reality platform to focus resources on strengthening its intellectual property portfolio and pursuing strategic partnerships and licensing opportunities. The company is currently involved in litigation with Niantic, Inc.. ImagineAR Inc. announced its intention to appeal the District Court's ruling that US Patent 11,666,827 was invalid. The company also recently withdrew its common shares from the OTCQB Venture Market, but continues to trade on the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE) under the symbol IP. They are also undertaking a private placement financing to support the Niantic litigation, among other things.

Assignment timeline

No assignment records for US Patent 11,666,827 were found on the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database. This indicates that the patent remains with the original assignee, Imaginear Inc.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11666827
    2012 : Provisional filed
    2022 : Application filed by Imaginear Inc
    2023 : Patent issued to Imaginear Inc
    2024 : Infringement suit filed by Imaginear
    2026 : District Court rules patent invalid
         : Imaginear appeals ruling
         : Imaginear suspends AR platform

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent has not been transferred from Imaginear Inc., which is an operating company, to a shell entity.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. The current assignee, Imaginear Inc., is not identified as a known NPE/asserter on public lists.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. There are no recorded assignments for this patent, therefore no correspondent chain to analyze.
Cascading transfers — not present. No assignments are recorded.
Pre-litigation transfer — not present. No assignments are recorded, and Imaginear Inc. initiated the litigation as the original assignee.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. While Imaginear Inc. has suspended its AR platform and is undertaking financing, there is no information indicating a bankruptcy filing or fire-sale of patents.
Privateering — unclear. While Imaginear Inc. has suspended its AR platform and is focusing on its IP portfolio and licensing, there is no explicit evidence of them acting on behalf of another operating company to assert patents.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently owned by Imaginear Inc. and is being asserted, not held by a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent is currently owned and being asserted by Imaginear Inc., which is an operating company that developed and commercialized augmented reality platforms and services. Although they have recently suspended their AR platform operations to focus on their IP portfolio and litigation, they are the original assignee and initiated the infringement suit themselves.