Patent 11874910

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 (1)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2021-12-22 · reel 059905/0285 · Assignment

    TUSSY, KEVIN ALANFACETEC, INC.

    Correspondent: FACETEC, INC.

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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

  • Kevin Alan Tussy (Facetec Inc)

Original assignee

Facetec Inc is the entity named on the issued patent US11874910B2. Facetec Inc's primary line of business is biometric security, specifically facial recognition authentication systems. They appear to be an operating company that ships products embodying the claims, given the detailed descriptions of their system and its features for user authentication. Facetec Inc is currently active.

Assignment timeline

  • 2021-12-22 (executed) / recorded 2021-12-22 — Reel 059905/0285
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: TUSSY, KEVIN ALAN
    • Assignee: FACETEC, INC.
    • Correspondent: FACETEC, INC., 100 Shoreline Hwy. Ste 360, Mill Valley, CA, 94941. This correspondent also appears on other assignments for this patent.
    • Context: Internal transfer from inventor to assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11874910
    2021 : Application filed by Facetec Inc
         : Assigned from inventor to Facetec Inc
    2024 : Issued to Facetec Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The sole recorded assignment is from the inventor to the original operating company, Facetec Inc.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Facetec Inc is not identified as a known asserter.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. The correspondent "FACETEC, INC., 100 Shoreline Hwy. Ste 360, Mill Valley, CA, 94941" is listed on the assignment from the inventor to Facetec Inc (Reel 059905/0285) and is also the assignee, indicating they handled the recording for themselves.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is recorded.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While there is litigation associated with this patent family, the only recorded assignment (2021-12-22, Reel 059905/0285) precedes the first identified litigation filing in 2024. Without further assignments, it's unclear if a specific transfer was made in immediate anticipation of litigation.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of Facetec Inc undergoing bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — not present. No evidence suggests a privateering arrangement.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent has not been assigned to a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion. The patent is currently assigned to Facetec Inc, the original operating company and likely product implementer. The only recorded assignment is from the inventor to Facetec Inc (Reel 059905/0285), which is a standard internal transfer. Facetec Inc is involved in litigation concerning this patent, suggesting an assertion by an operating company against competitors or infringers rather than an NPE.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (search by patent number 11874910).

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