Assignment history

Inventors

• B. Scott Maxfield: Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC (employer at time of filing).
• N. Ryan Moss: Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC (employer at time of filing).

Both inventors were employed by the original assignee, Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC, at the time of filing. There is no indication of them departing within 12 months of filing.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC.

Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC is an operating company primarily in the business of manufacturing and selling ladders, including multi-position and articulating ladders. They ship products embodying the claims of US12359506, as the patent relates to a "multifunction button for ladder adjustment" for their ladder products. Their current status is operating.

Assignment timeline

• 2023-10-17 (executed) / recorded 2023-10-19 — Reel 062088/0651
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: N. Ryan Moss and B. Scott Maxfield
  • Assignee: Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC
  • Correspondent: Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC, 1325 W 1350 S, Springville, UT 84663.
  • Context: Initial assignment from inventors to the employing entity at the time of filing.

The USPTO Assignment Center search for US12359506 shows only this initial assignment from the inventors to Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC. There are no subsequent recorded assignments for this patent.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12359506
    2023 : Inventors assigned to Little Giant Ladder
    2025 : Patent issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only assignment is from the inventors to Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC, an operating company.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC is not a known NPE.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment from the inventors, and the correspondent is the assignee itself, not an external law firm specializing in patent assignments.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment is recorded.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The patent was assigned well before any litigation. While a PGR was filed by Tricam Industries LLC on April 14, 2026, the assignment to Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC occurred on October 19, 2023.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication that Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC has undergone bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — Not present. There is no evidence of a transfer to an NPE for assertion on behalf of Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is currently held by an operating company, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data (no records, or only the original assignment)

The only recorded assignment for US Patent 12359506 is the initial transfer from the inventors, B. Scott Maxfield and N. Ryan Moss, to Little Giant Ladder Systems LLC on October 19, 2023 (Reel 062088/0651). There are no subsequent assignments, indicating the patent remains with its original operating company assignee. Without any further transfers, there are no signals to suggest an NPE or patent troll pattern.

To verify, refer to the USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ and search for patent number 12359506.