Patent 11763316

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 (13)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

  1. 2016-02-12 · reel 037723/0218 · Assignment

    DISTEFANO, THOMAS L., IIITHE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION

    Transfer of inventor's interest

  2. 2016-02-16 · reel 037740/0908 · Merger and Change of Name

    STRATEGICBYTE, INC., THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATIONSTICKY WEB, INC.

    Corporate reorg and name change

  3. 2016-02-18 · reel 037767/0913 · Change of Name

    STICKY WEB, INC.PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    Corporate name change

  4. 2016-02-23 · reel 037802/0139 · Assignment

    PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.PATENT TRUST, LLC

    Transfer of interest

  5. 2016-02-24 · reel 037817/0669 · Assignment

    PATENT TRUST, LLCPT 259, LLC

    Transfer of interest

  6. 2016-03-03 · reel 037723/0218 · Corrective Assignment

    DISTEFANO, THOMAS L., IIITHE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION

    Corrective assignment of inventor's interest

  7. 2016-03-03 · reel 037740/0908 · Corrective Assignment

    STRATEGICBYTE, INC., THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATIONSTICKY WEB, INC.

    Corrective corporate reorg and name change

  8. 2016-03-03 · reel 037767/0913 · Corrective Assignment

    STICKY WEB, INC.THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION

    Corrective corporate name change

  9. 2016-03-03 · reel 037802/0139 · Corrective Assignment

    PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.PATENT TRUST, LLC

    Corrective transfer of interest

  10. 2016-03-03 · reel 037817/0669 · Corrective Assignment

    PATENT TRUST, LLCPT 259, LLC

    Corrective transfer of interest

  11. 2016-04-18 · reel 037989/0951 · Change of Name

    PT 259, LLCDISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC

    Corporate name change

  12. 2021-01-27 · reel 055743/0073 · Assignment

    DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLCDISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC.

    Transfer of interest

  13. 2024-03-25 · reel 066708/0462 · Assignment

    DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC.DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC.

    Transfer of interest

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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Inventors

Thomas L. DiStefano, III. Employer at time of filing is not determinable from the provided patent text.

Original assignee

The original assignee listed on the issued patent is Distefano Website Innovations Inc. It is not determinable from the provided text whether they shipped a product embodying the claims, their primary line of business, or their current status.

Assignment timeline

  • 2016-02-12 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-12 — Reel 037723/0218

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: DISTEFANO, THOMAS L., III
    • Assignee: THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Transfer of inventor's interest

  • 2016-02-16 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-16 — Reel 037740/0908

    • Conveyance: Merger and Change of Name
    • Assignor: STRATEGICBYTE, INC., THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION
    • Assignee: STICKY WEB, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corporate reorg and name change

  • 2016-02-18 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-18 — Reel 037767/0913

    • Conveyance: Change of Name
    • Assignor: STICKY WEB, INC.
    • Assignee: PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corporate name change

  • 2016-02-23 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-23 — Reel 037802/0139

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: PATENT TRUST, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Transfer of interest

  • 2016-02-24 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-24 — Reel 037817/0669

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: PATENT TRUST, LLC
    • Assignee: PT 259, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Transfer of interest

  • 2016-03-03 (executed) / recorded 2016-03-03 — Reel 037723/0218 (corrected entry, original from 2016-02-12)

    • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
    • Assignor: DISTEFANO, THOMAS L., III
    • Assignee: THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corrective assignment of inventor's interest

  • 2016-03-03 (executed) / recorded 2016-03-03 — Reel 037740/0908 (corrected entry, original from 2016-02-16)

    • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
    • Assignor: STRATEGICBYTE, INC., THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION
    • Assignee: STICKY WEB, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corrective corporate reorg and name change

  • 2016-03-03 (executed) / recorded 2016-03-03 — Reel 037767/0913 (corrected entry, original from 2016-02-18)

    • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
    • Assignor: STICKY WEB, INC.
    • Assignee: THE PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corrective corporate name change

  • 2016-03-03 (executed) / recorded 2016-03-03 — Reel 037802/0139 (corrected entry, original from 2016-02-23)

    • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
    • Assignor: PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: PATENT TRUST, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corrective transfer of interest

  • 2016-03-03 (executed) / recorded 2016-03-03 — Reel 037817/0669 (corrected entry, original from 2016-02-24)

    • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
    • Assignor: PATENT TRUST, LLC
    • Assignee: PT 259, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corrective transfer of interest

  • 2016-04-18 (executed) / recorded 2016-04-18 — Reel 037989/0951

    • Conveyance: Change of Name
    • Assignor: PT 259, LLC
    • Assignee: DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Corporate name change

  • 2021-01-27 (executed) / recorded 2021-01-27 — Reel 055743/0073

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC
    • Assignee: DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Transfer of interest

  • 2024-03-25 (executed) / recorded 2024-03-25 — Reel 066708/0462

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC.
    • Assignee: DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in the provided text.
    • Context: Transfer of interest

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11763316
    2000 : Application filed
    2013 : Published US20130305132A1
    2016 : Inventor assigns to Perfect Web Corp
         : Perfect Web Corp merges to Sticky Web
         : Sticky Web changes name to Perfect Web Technologies
         : Perfect Web Tech assigns to Patent Trust LLC
         : Patent Trust LLC assigns to PT 259 LLC
         : PT 259 LLC changes name to DiStefano Patent Trust III LLC
    2021 : DiStefano Patent Trust III LLC assigns to DiStefano Website Innovations Inc
    2023 : Patent issued US11763316B2
    2024 : DiStefano Website Innovations Inc assigns to DiStefano Website Innovations LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present.

    • PATENT TRUST, LLC (Reel 037802/0139, 2016-02-23) and PT 259, LLC (Reel 037817/0669, 2016-02-24) have names suggesting licensing-only entities. Further investigation into their business activities and addresses would be needed for higher confidence, but the names themselves are a strong indicator.
    • DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC (Reel 037989/0951, 2016-04-18) also has a name suggesting a licensing-only entity.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — unclear. The entities listed (THE PERFECT WEB CORPORATION, STICKY WEB, INC., PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PATENT TRUST, LLC, PT 259, LLC, DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC, DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, INC., DISTEFANO WEBSITE INNOVATIONS, LLC) are not explicitly on the provided list of known NPEs. However, further research into these entities' litigation history would be required to make a definitive determination.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. The correspondent information is not specified in the provided text for any of the assignments.

  4. Cascading transfers — present. There are multiple consecutive assignments in a short period in 2016:

    • 2016-02-23: PERFECT WEB TECHNOLOGIES, INC. to PATENT TRUST, LLC (Reel 037802/0139).
    • 2016-02-24: PATENT TRUST, LLC to PT 259, LLC (Reel 037817/0669).
    • This is followed by a name change on 2016-04-18 to DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC (Reel 037989/0951). This series of transfers and name changes within a few months is a strong signal.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The provided text mentions litigation against this patent filed in 2024 and 2025. The last assignment occurred on 2024-03-25 (Reel 066708/0462), which is around the time of the first litigation mentioned (US case filed in Texas Western District Court, 1:24-cv-00763). However, without a precise date for the first filing, it's difficult to confirm if it's within the 6-month window.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy in the assignment records.

  7. Privateering — unclear. No information is available to suggest privateering.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

NPE — moderate confidence. The presence of shell-entity names (PATENT TRUST, LLC, PT 259, LLC, DISTEFANO PATENT TRUST III, LLC) and the cascading transfers in early 2016 (Reels 037802/0139, 037817/0669, 037989/0951) suggest a pattern often associated with patent assertion entities. The proximity of the final assignment to the commencement of litigation further strengthens this assessment.

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