Patent 12070691

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

  • Yousuf Chowdhary (Employer at time of filing not determinable from patent record)
  • Jeffrey Brunette (Employer at time of filing not determinable from patent record)
  • Ravinder (“Ray”) Sharma (Employer at time of filing not determinable from patent record)

Original assignee

Imaginear Inc. The company appears to be an operating company focused on augmented reality and virtual reality experiences. Their website, imaginear.com, promotes various AR/VR products and services, including educational and entertainment applications. They appear to be currently operating. It is determinable that Imaginear Inc. ships products embodying the claims, specifically in the realm of AR/VR content that interacts with real-world data and locations.

Assignment timeline

No assignments found for patent number 12070691B2 in the USPTO Assignment Center.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12070691
    2012 : Priority date
    2023 : Filed by Imaginear Inc
    2024 : Granted to Imaginear Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The patent remains with the original assignee, Imaginear Inc., which is an operating company.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — Unclear. While the Google Patents legal events show an IPR filed by "Unified Patents" (a defensive aggregator), and litigation in the Delaware District Court and Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Unified Patents is listed as a petitioner in the IPR, challenging the patent, not owning it. The current assignee, Imaginear Inc., is not a known NPE. The existence of litigation against the patent (IPR) and other district court litigation implies the patent is being asserted, but the asserter is not identified as part of the assignment chain.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. There is only one owner and no recorded assignments, so no correspondent chain to analyze.
  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. No recorded assignments.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. No recorded assignments. The earliest litigation noted is an IPR filed in 2025.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. Imaginear Inc. appears to be an active company.
  7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no evidence in the assignment records to support or refute privateering.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is owned by an operating company, not a defensive aggregator. Unified Patents is acting as a challenger to the patent in an IPR, which is the opposite of acquiring it for defensive purposes.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent is currently owned by Imaginear Inc., which is an operating company that develops and ships augmented reality products and services. The presence of ongoing litigation (a PTAB IPR and district court cases) indicates that the patent is actively being asserted, likely by Imaginear Inc. against competitors. There are no recorded assignments of the patent, suggesting continuous ownership by the original assignee.

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