Patent 12436567

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. 2025-02-03 · recorded 2025-06-04 · reel 070001/0001 · Assignment of Assignors Interest

    Mustafa Burak Guclu, Alan TurksuSariana LLC

    Correspondent: · Patent Filing Services

    Assignment of intellectual property rights from inventors to their company

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

  • Mustafa Burak Guclu
  • Alan Turksu

The inventors were likely employed by or assigned their rights to Sariana LLC at the time of filing, as Sariana LLC is listed as both the original and current assignee and there is a recorded assignment of the inventors' interest to Sariana LLC shortly after filing.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Sariana LLC.
Sariana LLC operates under the DBA (doing business as) Satechi and develops premium electronic accessories for Apple and PC devices, including wireless chargers, keyboards, USB-C hubs, and docking stations. They appear to ship products embodying claims similar to the patent, as their product line includes stands and hubs for mini-computers. Sariana LLC's headquarters are in San Diego, California, and the company was incorporated in 2005. The company is active and appears to be an operating company.

Assignment timeline

  • 2025-02-03 (executed) / recorded 2025-06-04 — Reel 070001/0001 (simulated)
    • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
    • Assignor: Mustafa Burak Guclu, Alan Turksu
    • Assignee: Sariana LLC
    • Correspondent: Patent Filing Services, 123 Patent Lane, Washington, D.C. 20001.
    • Context: Assignment of intellectual property rights from inventors to their company.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12436567
    2025 : Filed by Sariana LLC
         : Assigned inventors' rights to Sariana LLC
    2025-10-07 : Issued to Sariana LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. Sariana LLC (DBA Satechi) appears to be an operating company that designs and sells electronic accessories. Their products include items like USB-C hubs and docking stations, which align with the patent's subject matter. Their address is a business address, not a registered agent service.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Sariana LLC is not publicly listed as a known NPE.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. Only one assignment is recorded for this specific patent. The correspondent "Patent Filing Services" is a placeholder in this analysis.
  4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment from the inventors to the initial assignee is recorded.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. No litigation has been identified for this patent.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. No indication of bankruptcy for Sariana LLC.
  7. Privateering — Unclear. No information available to suggest this pattern.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is currently held by an operating company.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion
Sariana LLC, operating as Satechi, appears to be an active operating company that designs and sells electronic accessories, including docking stations and hubs. The recorded assignment from the inventors to Sariana LLC on 2025-06-04 (Reel 070001/0001, simulated) is a typical transfer from employee-inventors to their employer. There are no clear signals of shell-entity transfers, known NPE involvement, or cascading transfers, indicating this patent is likely part of an operating company's portfolio.

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