Assignment history

Inventors

• Atul Bedi (Johns Hopkins University)
• Rajani Ravi (Johns Hopkins University)

All named inventors were likely employed by Johns Hopkins University at the time of filing, as the initial assignment of their interest was made to the university.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is Johns Hopkins University. As a leading research institution, its primary line of business includes education, research, and healthcare. While it does not typically "ship products" in the commercial sense, its research often leads to licensed technologies and spin-off companies. Johns Hopkins University is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

• 2024-09-12 (executed) / recorded 2024-10-08 — Reel 065586/0333
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: BEDI, ATUL, RAVI, RAJANI
  • Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
  • Correspondent: LISA A. LEICHT, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, 1801 ASQUITH STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21205.
  • Context: Initial assignment from inventors to the university.

There are no other assignment records for US12295968 found in the USPTO Assignment Center.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12295968
    2010 : Priority date
    2024 : Filed by Johns Hopkins U
         : Inventors assign to Johns Hopkins U
    2025 : Granted
         : Publication
    2026 : PGR case filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only assignee recorded is Johns Hopkins University, a major research institution, which is not a shell entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Johns Hopkins University is not listed as a known patent asserter or NPE.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. Only one assignment is recorded, with a correspondent associated with Johns Hopkins University's Office of Technology Transfer (LISA A. LEICHT, THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, 1801 ASQUITH STREET, BALTIMORE, MD 21205). There is no recurrence of this correspondent across multiple assignments for this patent.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment is recorded, from the inventors to the original assignee.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The single recorded assignment (executed 2024-09-12 / recorded 2024-10-08) occurred more than six months prior to the filing of the PGR case (February 10, 2026).
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. Johns Hopkins University is an operating educational and research institution.
7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no direct evidence in the assignment records to indicate a privateering arrangement.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, Johns Hopkins University, is not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data.
Only a single assignment from the inventors to the Johns Hopkins University is recorded (Reel 065586/0333, executed 2024-09-12 / recorded 2024-10-08). There is no evidence of subsequent transfers to any entities exhibiting NPE characteristics or to defensive aggregators. The ongoing PGR case, in which Bicara Therapeutics Inc. challenges Johns Hopkins University, indicates that JHU is the current owner and is defending the patent.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/asset/batchSearch?patentNumber=12295968