Assignment history

Inventors

• Gleb Yushin (Georgia Tech Research Corp)
• Oleksandr Magazynskyy (Georgia Tech Research Corp)
• Patrick Dixon (Georgia Tech Research Corp)
• Benjamin Hertzberg (Georgia Tech Research Corp)

All inventors were affiliated with the original assignee, Georgia Tech Research Corp, at the time of the original priority filing.

Original assignee

Georgia Tech Research Corp is a non-profit corporation that supports the research activities of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Their primary line of business is research and development, and while they do not typically "ship products" in the commercial sense, they are involved in the development of technologies like those claimed in this patent. Georgia Tech Research Corp is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

• 2022-02-09 (executed) / recorded 2022-02-09 — Reel 058778/0262

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: HERTZBERG, BENJAMIN; MAGAZYNSKYY, OLEKSANDR; DIXON, PATRICK
  • Assignee: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
  • Correspondent: BRENT D. LANDAU, THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP, 3200 WINDY HILL ROAD SE, SUITE 1600, ATLANTA, GA 30339. This correspondent appears multiple times in this patent's assignment chain.
  • Context: Internal transfer from individual inventors to their employer.

• 2023-07-10 (executed) / recorded 2023-07-10 — Reel 060592/0594

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: YUSHIN, GLEB
  • Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Correspondent: BRENT D. LANDAU, THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP, 3200 WINDY HILL ROAD SE, SUITE 1600, ATLANTA, GA 30339. This correspondent appears multiple times in this patent's assignment chain.
  • Context: Transfer of an inventor's interest to a commercial entity.

• 2023-07-10 (executed) / recorded 2023-07-10 — Reel 060592/0595

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION
  • Assignee: SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Correspondent: BRENT D. LANDAU, THOMAS | HORSTEMEYER, LLP, 3200 WINDY HILL ROAD SE, SUITE 1600, ATLANTA, GA 30339. This correspondent appears multiple times in this patent's assignment chain.
  • Context: Transfer of the original assignee's interest to a commercial entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11715825
    2009 : Priority date
    2022 : Filed by Georgia Tech Research Corp
         : Inventors assign to Georgia Tech Research Corp
    2023 : Gleb Yushin assigns to Sila Nanotechnologies Inc
         : Georgia Tech Research Corp assigns to Sila Nanotechnologies Inc
         : Patent issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent was assigned from Georgia Tech Research Corp, a research institution, to Sila Nanotechnologies Inc., a known operating company in the battery technology space. No shell entities are apparent in the recorded assignments.

2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. is an operating company focused on commercializing silicon anode technology for batteries. They are not identified as a known NPE.

3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Brent D. Landau of Thomas | Horstemeyer, LLP is listed as the correspondent for all three recorded assignments (Reel 058778/0262, Reel 060592/0594, and Reel 060592/0595). While the firm handles a variety of patent work, their consistent appearance across multiple transfers, including from the original inventors and research institution to a commercial entity, is noted.

4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are three assignments recorded, but two of them (Reel 060592/0594 and 060592/0595) occurred on the same day, transferring different portions of ownership to the same ultimate assignee. This is not indicative of cascading transfers through chained LLCs.

5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. No litigation has been identified for this patent, so this signal cannot be assessed.

6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication that Georgia Tech Research Corp or any of the inventors filed for bankruptcy or that the patent was sold in bankruptcy proceedings.

7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence from the assignment records or other available information to suggest privateering activity.

8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee, Sila Nanotechnologies Inc., is an operating company, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion. The assignment records clearly show the patent transferred from the research institution (Georgia Tech Research Corp) and the individual inventors to Sila Nanotechnologies Inc. (Reel 060592/0594, 060592/0595), which is an operating company actively developing and commercializing battery technology. There are no indications of shell entities or transfers to known NPEs.

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