Patent 6529316

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 (2)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2001-06-12 · recorded 2001-06-19 · reel 012297/0073 · Assignment

    TREYZ, G. VICTOR; YE, JUNONETTA, INC.

    Correspondent: Jeffrey B. Coplan · BLAKELY, SOKOLOFF, TAYLOR & ZAFMAN

    Initial assignment from inventors to the founding company

  2. 2006-06-26 · recorded 2006-08-01 · reel 018092/0971 · Assignment

    ONETTA, INC.BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC

    Correspondent: Robert J. Winkler · LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT J. WINKLER

    Acquisition

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

  • G. Victor Treyz: At the time of filing, likely employed by Onetta, Inc., as the patent was assigned to Onetta, Inc. on the filing date.
  • Jun Ye: At the time of filing, likely employed by Onetta, Inc., as the patent was assigned to Onetta, Inc. on the filing date.

Original assignee

Onetta Inc.
Onetta Inc. was a company focused on optical networking equipment, specifically optical amplifiers with advanced monitoring and dynamic spectral filtering capabilities for wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) systems. The patent itself describes equipment for use in fiber-optic communications networks, including optical channel monitors and dynamic spectral filters, suggesting Onetta Inc. shipped products embodying these claims. Onetta Inc. was acquired by Bookham Technology PLC (later Bookham Inc.) in 2006, meaning its current status as an independent entity is dissolved.

Assignment timeline

  • 2001-06-12 (executed) / recorded 2001-06-19 — Reel 012297/0073

    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
    • Assignor: TREYZ, G. VICTOR; YE, JUN
    • Assignee: ONETTA, INC.
    • Correspondent: JEFFREY B. COPLAN; BLAKELY, SOKOLOFF, TAYLOR & ZAFMAN, LLP; 12400 WILSHIRE BLVD., 7TH FLOOR; LOS ANGELES, CA 90025
    • Context: Initial assignment from inventors to the founding company

  • 2006-06-26 (executed) / recorded 2006-08-01 — Reel 018092/0971

    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
    • Assignor: ONETTA INC.
    • Assignee: BOOKHAM TECHNOLOGY PLC
    • Correspondent: ROBERT J. WINKLER; LAW OFFICES OF ROBERT J. WINKLER, P.C.; 660 NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 520; NEWPORT BEACH, CA 92660
    • Context: Acquisition of Onetta Inc. by Bookham Technology PLC

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 6529316
    2001 : Inventors assigned to Onetta Inc
    2003 : Patent issued
    2006 : Onetta Inc assigned to Bookham Technology PLC
    2021 : Anticipated expiration

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The assignees, Onetta Inc. and Bookham Technology PLC, were known operating companies in the optical networking and components space.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Neither Onetta Inc. nor Bookham Technology PLC are identified as known NPEs.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. Different correspondents, Jeffrey B. Coplan and Robert J. Winkler, handled the two recorded assignments.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two assignments, with a significant time gap of five years between them, which does not indicate cascading.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. No litigation involving this patent has been identified.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. The transfer from Onetta Inc. to Bookham Technology PLC was due to an acquisition, not a bankruptcy proceeding.
  7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence to suggest this was a privateering arrangement; it appears to be a standard acquisition.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee in the chain is an operating company, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data

The recorded assignment history for US 6529316 does not show any typical NPE or patent troll patterns. The transfers reflect a standard acquisition by an operating company (Onetta Inc. to Bookham Technology PLC, recorded 2006-08-01, Reel 018092/0971). The patent has since expired due to fee-related reasons, indicating it is no longer enforceable.

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