Patent 11909011

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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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

Christopher B. Austin. Employer at time of filing is not determinable from the provided patent text.

Original assignee

The original assignee on the issued patent is listed as "Individual" (Christopher B. Austin) and later reassigned to CHARGELOGIC LLC. There is no information in the provided text to determine if CHARGELOGIC LLC ships a product embodying the claims, their primary line of business, or their current status.

Assignment timeline

  • 2026-02-23 (executed) / recorded [Recording date not provided] — Reel [Reel/Frame not provided]
    • Conveyance: Reassignment
    • Assignor: Austin, Christopher B.
    • Assignee: CHARGELOGIC LLC
    • Correspondent: [Correspondent information not provided in the patent text]
    • Context: Transfer from individual inventor to an LLC

The USPTO Patent Assignment Search was consulted. As of 2026-06-19, the USPTO Assignment Center shows no recorded assignments for US patent 11909011. The Google Patents legal events indicate a reassignment on 2026-02-23 to CHARGELOGIC LLC. However, details such as the reel/frame number, full legal names for assignor/assignee, or correspondent information are not available from Google Patents and were not found in the USPTO Assignment Center.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11909011
    2022 : Filed by Individual
    2024 : Granted
    2026 : Reassigned to CHARGELOGIC LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While CHARGELOGIC LLC's primary line of business and product shipping status are unknown from the provided information, its name does not strongly suggest a shell entity, nor is there information about its address or formation.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. CHARGELOGIC LLC is not identified as a known asserter in the provided information or common public NPE lists.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. Correspondent information is not available for the recorded reassignment.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is noted (from the individual inventor to an LLC).
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While the patent family has litigation, the specific date of the first infringement suit is not provided, making it impossible to determine if the assignment occurred within 6 months prior.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for the original assignee or inventor.
  7. Privateering — unclear. There is no information to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE for assertion against competitors.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. Only one reassignment is noted (from the individual inventor to CHARGELOGIC LLC on 2026-02-23), and crucial details like correspondent information, product activity, or the nature of CHARGELOGIC LLC are missing. Without more information about CHARGELOGIC LLC's business and specific litigation details, it is not possible to confidently determine an NPE pattern.

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

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