Patent 12271636

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.

Active provider: Google · gemini-2.5-flash

Ownership chain (1)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

2026-01-14 · reel 063363/0187 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest
BISMUTH, ROBERT; STENGLE, MIKE FERMAT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Correspondent: · Bellinnovo IP
Original assignment from inventors to the applicant/assignee

Assignment history

✓ Generated

Inventors

Robert Bismuth: Employer at time of filing not determinable from the provided text.
Mike Stengle: Employer at time of filing not determinable from the provided text.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Fermat International Inc. The patent describes a "high performance computation solution: An analytic engine fully integrated with high capacity Flash-based Storage through a patent pending Data-Aware Architecture." Fermat provides a high-performance computation solution for Big Data Analytics and AI, with hardware that can store and process up to 32TB of raw data. They offer pre-compiled libraries of popular algorithms and aim for software adoption with minimal friction. Fermat addresses the needs of industries like Finance & Banking, Biotech & Pharmaceutical, IoT & Edge Computing, and Security Agencies.

The provided search results indicate that a company named Fermat International, a provider of risk and performance management software, was acquired by Moody's Corporation on October 9, 2008. However, another entity named "Fermat (Business/Productivity Software)" was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Paris, France, developing IT software for big data applications. Yet another "Fermat" founded in 2021 in San Francisco focuses on AI-powered commerce platforms. There is also "Fermat Solutions" which focuses on automation and cloud architecture for businesses, and "Fermat Capital Management, LLC" founded in 2001, providing investment management services. Given the patent's filing date (2023-11-06) and priority date (2019-02-06), it is highly unlikely that the Fermat International acquired by Moody's in 2008 is the current assignee. The current assignee, Fermat International Inc., appears to be an operating company in the field of high-performance computing for Big Data Analytics and AI. Its current status is operating.

Assignment timeline

2026-01-14 (executed) / recorded 2026-01-14 — Reel 063363/0187
- Conveyance: Assignment of Assignor's Interest
- Assignor: BISMUTH, ROBERT; STENGLE, MIKE
- Assignee: FERMAT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- Correspondent: Bellinnovo IP, 712 H Street NE Unit 591, Washington, DC 20002. This correspondent appears multiple times for this assignee.
- Context: Original assignment from inventors to the applicant/assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12271636
    2019 : Priority date
    2023 : Application filed
    2025 : Patent granted
    2026 : Assigned to Fermat International Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — unclear. The current assignee, Fermat International Inc., appears to be an operating company based on its described business activities related to Big Data Analytics and AI, and offering high-performance computation solutions. However, the exact nature of its corporate structure (e.g., single-member LLC, registered-agent address) that would definitively confirm or deny a "shell entity" status is not explicitly stated in the provided information.
Known asserter in the chain — not present. No known patent assertion entities (NPEs) from the provided lists are identified as current or prior assignees.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Bellinnovo IP, 712 H Street NE Unit 591, Washington, DC 20002, is listed as the correspondent for the assignment from the inventors to Fermat International, Inc. The prompt notes that this correspondent appears multiple times for this assignee. Reel 063363/0187.
Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment from the inventors to the initial assignee is recorded.
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The patent was granted on 2025-04-08 and assigned on 2026-01-14. While the patent family has litigation filed in Texas Western District Court (Unified Patents case 7:26-cv-00011), the specific filing date of the first infringement suit naming this patent is not provided to determine if the assignment falls within 6 months prior.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no information to suggest that Fermat International Inc. has filed for bankruptcy.
Privateering — unclear. There is no evidence in the provided information to suggest a privateering arrangement.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

Insufficient data The only recorded assignment is from the inventors to the original assignee, Fermat International Inc. While there's a signal of a repeat correspondent for this assignee (Bellinnovo IP), there's no clear evidence of the patent being transferred to a shell entity, a known asserter, cascading transfers, or any other strong NPE pattern. More information regarding the assignee's product commercialization and litigation activity specific to this patent would be needed for a confident determination. You can search for patent assignments at the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

Generated 5/26/2026, 12:46:17 AM