Assignment history

Inventors

• Nima Badizadegan.
  • Employer at time of filing: Based on the assignment record, Nima Badizadegan assigned their interest to HFT Solutions, LLC on the same day the patent was filed, suggesting HFT Solutions, LLC was the employer or the entity for which the invention was made.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is HFT Solutions LLC. HFT Solutions LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Network-1 Technologies, Inc. The provided information indicates that HFT Solutions LLC asserts patents related to high-frequency trading and is involved in active litigation, implying its primary line of business is patent monetization and licensing rather than shipping products embodying the claims [cite: Google Patents]. HFT Solutions LLC is currently operating as a subsidiary of Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

Assignment timeline

• 2022-05-31 (executed) / recorded 2022-05-31 — Reel 057404/0677
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: BADIZADEGAN, NIMA
  • Assignee: HFT SOLUTIONS, LLC
  • Correspondent: ROBERT J SILVERBERG, 10305 CABLE CT, RALEIGH, NC 27617
  • Context: Inventor's assignment of rights to the original corporate assignee.

There are no other post-issuance assignments recorded for US Patent 12107587.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12107587
    2019 : Priority Date
    2022 : Filed by HFT Solutions LLC
         : Inventor assigned to HFT Solutions
    2024 : Issued to HFT Solutions LLC
    2024 : First infringement suit filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only recorded transfer is from the inventor to HFT Solutions LLC (Reel 057404/0677, 2022-05-31). While HFT Solutions LLC functions as a licensing entity, there is no evidence of a transfer from an operating company that shipped products to this licensing entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Present. HFT Solutions, LLC is the current assignee and is actively asserting this patent in multiple litigations (e.g., cases 1:24-cv-13213, 1:24-cv-13214, 7:25-cv-00415) [cite: Litigation Summary]. Its parent company, Network-1 Technologies, Inc., is a known NPE in the patent monetization space.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. The correspondent for the only recorded assignment is ROBERT J SILVERBERG (Reel 057404/0677). With only one assignment for this patent number, it is not possible to determine if this correspondent recurs across the chain for this specific patent.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment from the inventor to the initial assignee is recorded.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The inventor's assignment to HFT Solutions LLC was recorded on 2022-05-31 (Reel 057404/0677), more than 1.5 years before the first identified infringement suits in 2024 [cite: Litigation Summary].
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings related to HFT Solutions LLC or Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
7. Privateering — Unclear. While HFT Solutions LLC, as a subsidiary of Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (a known NPE), is asserting the patent, the initial assignment is directly from the inventor. There is no explicit evidence in the assignment record of an operating company transferring this patent to HFT Solutions LLC to assert on its behalf against competitors.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, HFT Solutions LLC, is an asserting entity, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The patent is currently assigned to HFT Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of known NPE Network-1 Technologies, Inc., and is actively being asserted in multiple infringement lawsuits [cite: Litigation Summary]. This clearly demonstrates a patent monetization strategy characteristic of a Non-Practicing Entity.

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