Patent 12236728

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

  • Andrew William Wright (Auto Telematics Ltd)

Original assignee

Auto Telematics Ltd. is the original assignee. The patent describes a mobile telecommunications device configured to log driving information associated with a vehicle, including video footage, which could be utilized for accident determination, modifying driver behavior, and determining insurance premiums. While the patent describes functionality for a "Witness" application, it is unclear from the patent text or other readily available information if Auto Telematics Ltd. shipped a product embodying the claims. Their primary line of business, based on the patent, appears to be telematics and vehicle behavior logging. Their current status is "Active" according to Google Patents.

Assignment timeline

The USPTO Assignment Center search at https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ for US patent 12236728 returned no recorded assignments.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 12236728
    2024 : Application filed by Auto Telematics Ltd
    2025 : Granted to Auto Telematics Ltd

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present (No recorded transfers to any shell entity).
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present (No known asserters appear in the assignment history).
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present (No assignments recorded, thus no recurring correspondents).
  4. Cascading transfers — not present (No assignments recorded).
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear (No litigation information or assignments are available to make this determination, although PTAB case IPR2025-00812 is listed as filed and pending).
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present (No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for the original assignee).
  7. Privateering — not present (No evidence of transfer to an NPE asserting on behalf of an operating company).
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present (No transfers to known defensive aggregators).

Verdict

Insufficient data

There are no recorded assignments for US patent 12236728 in the USPTO Assignment Center. Therefore, it is not possible to assess NPE or patent-troll patterns based on assignment records. Information from Google Patents indicates the patent was granted to Auto Telematics Ltd. and is currently active.

USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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