Patent 11709037
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 (3)
Asserters network →Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.
2021-09-14 · reel 059535/0677 · Assignment of Assignors Interest
WU, KEVINTitan International Technologies, Ltd.
Correspondent: · BRENTWOOD IP LAW
Individual inventor assigned rights to an entity
2023-01-09 · reel 061633/0832 · Assignment of Assignors Interest
Titan International Technologies, Ltd.PYROMART INC.
Correspondent: · BRENTWOOD IP LAW
Transfer back to the original assignee
2024-01-26 · reel 063717/0403 · Assignment of Assignors Interest
PYROMART INC.Titan International Technologies, Ltd.
Correspondent: · BRENTWOOD IP LAW
Transfer back to a previous assignee
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.
Inventors
- Kevin Wu: No employer listed on the patent. The current assignee is Titan International Technologies Ltd.
Original assignee
The original assignee listed on the patent is Pyromart Inc.. It is unclear if Pyromart Inc. shipped a product embodying the claims or what their primary line of business was at the time of filing. The provided information indicates that Pyromart Inc. later reassigned the patent to Titan International Technologies Ltd..
Assignment timeline
- 2021-09-14 (executed) / recorded 2021-09-14 — Reel 059535/0677
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
- Assignor: WU, KEVIN
- Assignee: Titan International Technologies, Ltd.
- Correspondent: BRENTWOOD IP LAW, P.C.
- Context: Individual inventor assigned rights to an entity.
- 2023-01-09 (executed) / recorded 2023-01-09 — Reel 061633/0832
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
- Assignor: Titan International Technologies, Ltd.
- Assignee: PYROMART INC.
- Correspondent: BRENTWOOD IP LAW, P.C. (This correspondent recurs in this chain.)
- Context: Transfer back to the original assignee.
- 2024-01-26 (executed) / recorded 2024-01-26 — Reel 063717/0403
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
- Assignor: PYROMART INC.
- Assignee: Titan International Technologies, Ltd.
- Correspondent: BRENTWOOD IP LAW, P.C. (This correspondent recurs in this chain.)
- Context: Transfer back to a previous assignee.
Timeline diagram
timeline
title Ownership of US 11709037
2020 : Application filed by Pyromart Inc
2021 : Assigned to Titan Intl Technologies Ltd
2023 : Assigned to Pyromart Inc
: Patent granted
2024 : Assigned to Titan Intl Technologies Ltd
NPE / troll-pattern signals
- Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While the ownership transfers between Pyromart Inc. and Titan International Technologies, Ltd. could suggest a shell entity, without further information on whether these entities ship products or their business addresses, it's not a definitive signal.
- Known asserter in the chain — not present. Titan International Technologies, Ltd. and Pyromart Inc. do not appear on common public NPE lists based on the provided information.
- Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. BRENTWOOD IP LAW, P.C. is listed as the correspondent for all three assignments (Reel 059535/0677, Reel 061633/0832, and Reel 063717/0403).
- Cascading transfers — present. There are two transfers within a short period: one on 2023-01-09 and another on 2024-01-26, less than 24 months apart, with the same correspondent.
- Pre-litigation transfer — present. The last assignment to Titan International Technologies, Ltd. was executed and recorded on January 26, 2024 (Reel 063717/0403). The litigation, Titan International Technologies, LTD v. COBRA Firing Systems, LLC et al., was filed on May 7, 2024, which is within 6 months of the assignment date.
- Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for any of the assignors.
- Privateering — unclear. While Titan International Technologies, Ltd. is asserting the patent, it's not clear from the provided data if they are doing so on behalf of an operating company that transferred the patent to them.
- Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not end at a known defensive aggregator.
Verdict
NPE — moderate confidence
The presence of a repeat correspondent across the chain, cascading transfers between Pyromart Inc. and Titan International Technologies, Ltd., and a pre-litigation transfer within six months of the lawsuit filing (Reel 063717/0403, January 26, 2024 assignment, and May 7, 2024 lawsuit filing) strongly suggest an NPE pattern. While the initial assignee is unclear regarding product shipment, the timing and nature of the assignments align with practices often associated with patent assertion entities.
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