Patent 12240054

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

  • Rudolph Huber
  • Wolfgang Andreasch
  • Martin Huonker

All inventors were employed by Trumpf Laser und Systemtechnik GmbH at the time of filing. There is no indication of unusual patterns such as inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing.

Original assignee

The original assignee, Trumpf Laser und Systemtechnik GmbH, is a German company known for manufacturing laser technology and machine tools. They ship products embodying the claims of this patent, as their primary line of business involves laser processing machines and systems. The company is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

The USPTO Patent Assignment Search was conducted for US patent 12240054. As of 2026-05-29, the USPTO Assignment Center has no recorded assignments for US patent 12240054. This indicates that the original assignee, Trumpf Laser und Systemtechnik GmbH, likely still owns the patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12240054
    2010 : Priority date
    2023 : Application filed by Trumpf
    2025 : Patent issued to Trumpf

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
  4. Cascading transfers — not present
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present
  7. Privateering — not present
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present

Verdict

Insufficient data. There are no recorded assignments for US patent 12240054 on the USPTO Assignment Center. Therefore, there is no information to suggest a transfer to a shell entity or a known NPE, or any other NPE-related patterns. The patent appears to remain with the original assignee, Trumpf Laser und Systemtechnik GmbH.

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

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