Patent 12102027

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. 2018-05-07 · reel 043236/0993 · Assignment

    Inflexion Point Technologies LLCInflexion Point Technologies LLC

    Correspondent: Matthew S. LaRue · Stinson Leonard Street

    internal reorg

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

  • Steven P. Smith (Inflexion Point Technologies LLC)
  • Nicholas M. Iwig (Inflexion Point Technologies LLC)
  • Mark M. Iwig (Inflexion Point Technologies LLC)
  • Pat Parks (Inflexion Point Technologies LLC)

No unusual patterns observed regarding inventor departure within 12 months of filing based on the provided information.

Original assignee

Inflexion Point Technologies LLC. The patent describes a "System and method for prescriptive seed treatment," suggesting they are in the agricultural technology sector, likely related to seed treatment and planting equipment. It is unclear from the provided information whether they shipped a product embodying the claims. Their current status is "Active".

Assignment timeline

  • 2018-05-07 (executed) / recorded 2018-05-07 — Reel 043236/0993
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Inflexion Point Technologies LLC
    • Assignee: INFLEXION POINT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    • Correspondent: Matthew S. LaRue, Stinson Leonard Street LLP, 1201 Walnut, Suite 2900, Kansas City, MO 64106. This correspondent does not appear to recur in this chain.
    • Context: Internal reorg (Assignor and Assignee appear to be the same entity, possibly a formality or name standardization)

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12102027
    2015 : Application filed by Inflexion Point Technologies LLC
    2018 : Assigned to Inflexion Point Technologies LLC
    2024 : Granted to Inflexion Point Technologies LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only recorded assignment shows a transfer from "Inflexion Point Technologies LLC" to "INFLEXION POINT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC" (reel 043236/0993, executed 2018-05-07 / recorded 2018-05-07). This appears to be an internal administrative transfer or name standardization, not a move to a licensing-only shell entity.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. The current and prior assignee, Inflexion Point Technologies LLC, does not match any public NPE lists mentioned.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. The correspondent, Matthew S. LaRue of Stinson Leonard Street LLP (reel 043236/0993), only appears once in the provided assignment record.

  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment record is present in the chain.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. While there is litigation filed regarding the patent family ("First worldwide family litigation filed" and "PTAB case PGR2025-00045 filed"), the specific filing date of the first infringement suit is not provided in the readily available patent information. The sole assignment recorded in 2018 is several years before the patent's grant in 2024 and the noted litigation in 2025.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. No information suggests Inflexion Point Technologies LLC has filed for bankruptcy.

  7. Privateering — Not present. There is no information in the provided data or associated legal events to suggest privateering.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain does not end at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. The available assignment records only show one transfer from "Inflexion Point Technologies LLC" to "INFLEXION POINT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC" (reel 043236/0993, executed 2018-05-07 / recorded 2018-05-07), which appears to be an internal corporate action rather than a substantive change of ownership. There are no clear signals of NPE activity, nor does the patent terminate at a defensive aggregator. More information on Inflexion Point Technologies LLC's business activities would be needed to definitively determine if they are an operating company asserting against competitors.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center search for US12102027: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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