Assignment history

Inventors

• Lisa A. Marshall (Employer not determinable from patent text)
• James Gaynor (Employer not determinable from patent text)

Original assignee

Data Health Partners Inc. [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US11675791](/patent/US11675791)/en]
The patent text describes "illustrative embodiments" as providing "a health network and system utilized to record, manage, and track progress data" and being "applicable to more than just behavioral management," suggesting the original assignee's primary line of business was software or systems for tracking and managing customized goals, potentially in health or education [cite: https://patents.google.com/patent/US11675791/en]. Whether they shipped a product embodying the claims is not explicitly stated in the patent text.
The current status of Data Health Partners Inc. is not determinable from the provided patent text or Google Patents information, other than that the patent was reassigned from them.

Assignment timeline

• 2021-10-27 (executed) / recorded 2021-11-03 — Reel 059637/0401
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Data Health Partners Inc.
  • Assignee: Parallax Behavioral Health, Inc.
  • Correspondent: GAYNOR, JAMES, P.O. BOX 1528, SAN MARCOS, CA 92079. This correspondent is an inventor on this patent.
  • Context: Transfer of interest from original assignee to another entity.
• 2022-08-11 (executed) / recorded 2022-08-16 — Reel 061141/0080
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Parallax Behavioral Health Inc.
  • Assignee: Data Health Partners Inc.
  • Correspondent: GAYNOR, JAMES, P.O. BOX 1528, SAN MARCOS, CA 92079. This correspondent is an inventor on this patent.
  • Context: Reassignment of interest back to the original assignee.
• 2024-03-27 (executed) / recorded 2024-04-05 — Reel 064245/0964
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Parallax Behavioral Health Inc.
  • Assignee: Melamed, Shahla
  • Correspondent: PERRY, JAMES, 19000 MACARTHUR BLVD. SUITE 500, IRVINE, CA 92612.
  • Context: Order granting motion for assignment in aid of enforcement of judgment.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11675791
    2021 : Filed by Data Health Partners Inc
         : Assigned to Parallax Behavioral Health
    2022 : Reassigned to Data Health Partners Inc
    2023 : Issued
    2024 : Assigned to Shahla Melamed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While Parallax Behavioral Health Inc. and Data Health Partners Inc. could potentially be shell entities, there is no explicit information within the patent document or the provided assignment records to definitively state they are licensing-only LLCs, have no products, or use a registered-agent address. The final assignee, Shahla Melamed, received the assignment "in aid of enforcement of judgment" [cite: 064245/0964], which doesn't directly indicate a shell entity transfer but rather a transfer due to legal proceedings.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the assignees (Data Health Partners Inc., Parallax Behavioral Health, Inc., or Melamed, Shahla) are identified as known asserters on public NPE lists within the provided information.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. James Gaynor, an inventor on the patent, acted as the correspondent for the first two assignments (2021-11-03, reel 059637/0401 and 2022-08-16, reel 061141/0080).
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are three assignments spread out between 2021 and 2024. While there was a reassignment in 2022, it was back to the original assignee, not through chained LLCs.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The patent was issued on 2023-06-13. Litigation was filed in Delaware District Court on February 2, 2023, and the first worldwide litigation was filed in 2023. The final assignment to Shahla Melamed occurred on 2024-03-27, which is after the initial litigation filings, but the context of an "assignment order in aid of enforcement of judgment" [cite: 064245/0964] suggests a legal action predating the assignment's execution date. Without more specific dates for the judgment leading to the assignment, it's unclear if this was pre-litigation or during litigation.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for any of the assignors.
7. Privateering — not present. No evidence of an operating company transferring to an NPE for assertion on their behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — moderate confidence

The recurrence of James Gaynor as the correspondent across two assignment records (Reel 059637/0401 and Reel 061141/0080), coupled with the final transfer via an "assignment order in aid of enforcement of judgment" [cite: 064245/0964] suggests a potential non-practicing entity assertion scenario, although direct evidence of product non-shipment or typical NPE naming conventions for all entities is not explicitly present. The litigation noted in the patent summary also supports the possibility of assertion.

Verification link: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/