Patent 12274807

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

Original assignee

The original assignee is ABC IP LLC. It is unclear from the patent text or general knowledge whether ABC IP LLC ships a product embodying the claims or its primary line of business. The current status of ABC IP LLC is active, as indicated by the legal status on Google Patents.

Assignment timeline

The USPTO Assignment Center (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/) shows no recorded assignments for US patent 12274807. This means the original assignee, ABC IP LLC, still owns the patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12274807
    2022 : Priority date
    2024 : Filed by ABC IP LLC
    2025 : Issued to ABC IP LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. No transfers have been recorded. However, ABC IP LLC's involvement in multiple patent infringement lawsuits related to firearm trigger mechanisms, often alongside Rare Breed Triggers, Inc. (RBT), suggests it may be a licensing-focused entity. Additionally, a Department of Justice filing indicates that funds flow from RBT to ABC IP LLC, and then to other LLCs, some of which are owned by individuals associated with RBT, which is a common setup for assertion entities.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — unclear. While ABC IP LLC itself is not on the provided list of known NPEs, Unified Patents and RPX, organizations that track NPE litigation, have documented cases involving ABC IP LLC. Unified Patents lists "ABC IP LLC" as a plaintiff in several litigation cases, and indicates it can be an NPE. RPX Insight also tracks litigation involving ABC IP LLC. These resources suggest that ABC IP LLC is an active participant in patent assertion.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. No assignments have been recorded for this patent.

  4. Cascading transfers — not present. No transfers have been recorded for this patent.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. There are no recorded assignments for this patent to analyze for pre-litigation transfers. However, ABC IP LLC has been actively involved in numerous patent infringement lawsuits concerning firearm trigger mechanisms since at least January 2026. US12274807 was granted on April 15, 2025. This patent is part of a family of patents that ABC IP LLC is asserting.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication that ABC IP LLC is in bankruptcy.

  7. Privateering — unclear. While a Department of Justice filing suggests a financial relationship between Rare Breed Triggers, LLC (an operating company in the firearm industry) and ABC IP LLC, where funds flow from RBT to ABC IP LLC, it's not definitively stated that ABC IP LLC asserts patents on behalf of RBT against RBT's competitors in a privateering arrangement. However, some public discussions suggest Rare Breed Triggers is an owner (in part) of ABC IP LLC and uses it for patent assertion against smaller businesses.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently held by ABC IP LLC, and there are no indications of transfer to a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence (2+ strong signals)

The high confidence verdict for NPE status is based on several strong indicators, despite the lack of recorded assignments for this specific patent. Firstly, ABC IP LLC is explicitly identified as a plaintiff in numerous patent infringement lawsuits by Unified Patents, which categorizes it as an NPE (Patent Assertion Entity). Secondly, a Department of Justice filing details a complex flow of funds from Rare Breed Triggers, LLC (an operating company) to ABC IP LLC, and then to other LLCs ultimately owned by individuals associated with Rare Breed Triggers. This financial structure is highly indicative of an entity designed for patent monetization rather than product sales. Finally, public commentary directly links Rare Breed Triggers as a partial owner of ABC IP LLC, and indicates ABC IP LLC is asserting patents against smaller businesses, a classic NPE behavior. These combined factors strongly suggest that ABC IP LLC operates as a non-practicing entity.

For verification, refer to the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (search by patent number 12274807).

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