Patent 12234510

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

  • James Hicks: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Nicholas Navin: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Jennifer Troge: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Zihua Wang: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
  • Michael Wigler: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

No unusual patterns of inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing are determinable from the provided information.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Their primary line of business is biomedical research and education. Based on general knowledge, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory is an operating entity. The provided text does not state whether they shipped a product embodying the claims.

Assignment timeline

No recorded assignments for US Patent 12234510 were found on the USPTO Assignment Center. The Google Patents page also only lists "Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory" as the Current Assignee as of 2025-01-14. This indicates that Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory still owns the patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12234510
    2019 : Filed by Cold Spring Harbor Lab
    2025 : Granted to Cold Spring Harbor Lab

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present, as there is no assignment chain to observe.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While there is a District Court case (1:25-cv-00263) and a PTAB case (IPR2025-01353) mentioned, there are no recorded assignments to establish a transfer date relative to litigation filing.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory appears to be an active, non-profit research institution.
  7. Privateering — not present.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present.

Verdict

Insufficient data.
The USPTO Assignment Center shows no recorded assignments for US12234510. Without any assignment records, it is not possible to assess NPE/troll-pattern signals. The patent currently appears to be owned by the original assignee, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a non-profit research and educational institution. You can verify this at the USPTO Assignment Center by searching for patent number "12234510" (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/).

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