Patent 12279116

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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Ownership chain (1)

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

  1. 2024-02-05 · Assignment of Assignors Interest

    Sivakumar Chaturvedi, Satish Gundabathula, Rashmi HiremathDAMAKA, INC.

    initial assignment

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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The patent US12279116B2 is titled "System and method for providing additional functionality to existing software in an integrated manner". It belongs to a family of patents, all with similar titles and inventors, assigned to Damaka Inc..

Inventors

The named inventors for US12279116B2 are:

  • Sivakumar Chaturvedi
  • Satish Gundabathula
  • Rashmi Hiremath

All three inventors are associated with Damaka Inc. Sivakumar Chaturvedi is the Founder & CEO of Damaka, and Satish Gundabathula is the Co-Founder & CTO. Rashmi Hiremath is also listed as an inventor on this and related patents assigned to Damaka Inc.. There are no immediate indications of all inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing.

Original assignee

The original assignee of US12279116B2 is Damaka Inc..

Damaka Inc. is a secure communication solutions provider and a technology leader and innovator in mobile unified communication and collaboration (UCC). They offer products and services including Collaboration SDKs, Triton, Moca, Nirvana, VCare, Kalisto, and Pacem, which enable real-time communication and productivity tools, facilitate voice and video interactions, and enhance mobile collaboration functionalities. The company's solutions, such as their Amadeo UCC product suite and Arenix platform, provide secure, real-time mobile video calling and collaboration across various smartphone and PC/MAC platforms, utilizing technologies like peer-to-peer SIP and Sweeping™ technology. Their Collaboration SDKs allow developers to integrate messaging, voice, video, screen sharing, and conferencing features into web and mobile applications.

Damaka Inc. was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Richardson, Texas, with additional offices in Chennai, India. As of April 30, 2026, Damaka Inc. has 22 employees. The company operates as a B2B and SaaS provider. Damaka Inc. is an active company.

Assignment timeline

The USPTO Assignment Center has no further recorded assignments for this patent after its initial assignment from the inventors to Damaka Inc. as listed on Google Patents.

  • 2024-02-05 (executed) / recorded YYYY-MM-DD (Recording date not explicitly listed, but the event date is 2024-02-05) — Reel N/A / Frame N/A
    • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
    • Assignor: Sivakumar Chaturvedi, Satish Gundabathula, Rashmi Hiremath
    • Assignee: DAMAKA, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not explicitly listed in the provided snippets.
    • Context: Initial assignment from inventors to the operating company.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12279116
    2013 : Priority date for provisional application
    2024 : Filed by Damaka Inc
         : Assigned to Damaka Inc by inventors
    2025 : Issued to Damaka Inc
         : First infringement suit filed
    2026 : PTAB case filed (pending)

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The patent was assigned to Damaka Inc., which is an operating company developing and marketing unified communication and collaboration solutions. There is no indication of transfer to a licensing-only LLC.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Damaka Inc. is not identified as a known NPE on public lists based on the provided information.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. The correspondent information is not explicitly provided for the initial assignment. With only one assignment event, recurrence cannot be determined.
  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment from the inventors to Damaka Inc. is recorded.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The assignment from the inventors to Damaka Inc. occurred on February 5, 2024. The first infringement suit (2:25-cv-00593) was filed on May 30, 2025. This assignment date is more than 6 months prior to the litigation filing.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. Damaka Inc. is an active company.
  7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no information to suggest Damaka Inc. transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee is Damaka Inc., an operating company.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

This verdict is based on the fact that Damaka Inc. is an active operating company that develops and markets unified communication and collaboration solutions, and the patent in question appears to be core to their business. Damaka Inc. is listed as the plaintiff in active litigation (2:25-cv-00593), indicating they are asserting their patent rights as an operating entity against a competitor (Cisco Systems, Inc.). There are no recorded assignments indicating a transfer to a shell entity or a known NPE.

For verification, see the USPTO Patent Assignment Search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (search for patent number 12279116).

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