Assignment history

Inventors

• Quang Nguyen (Employer: IComm Tech Inc at the time of filing).

Original assignee

IComm Tech Inc. was the original assignee named on the issued patent. There is no information in the provided patent text or readily available public records to confirm if IComm Tech Inc. shipped a product embodying the claims. The primary line of business was implied to be in "Baseband Processor and Error-Correction Codes for Third Generation (3G) Wireless Mobile Communications" as described in the patent's field of invention. The current status of IComm Tech Inc. is not specified in the patent information, but subsequent assignments indicate its interest was transferred.

Assignment timeline

• 2002-09-07 (executed) / recorded 2002-09-13 — Reel 013084/0676

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Quang Nguyen
  • Assignee: ICOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., PENNSYLVANIA
  • Correspondent: John F. Williams, Law Office of John F. Williams, P.C., 202 S. Main Street, Suite 300, Blacksburg, VA 24060.
  • Context: Inventor assigned rights to the original assignee.

• 2018-06-21 (executed) / recorded 2018-11-19 — Reel 047547/0691

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: ICOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
  • Assignee: INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC, TEXAS
  • Correspondent: Hanieh Mazhar, MAZHAR IP LAW, PLLC, 303 Pearl Pkwy Ste 111, San Antonio, TX 78215.
  • Context: Transfer from original assignee to an LLC.

• 2021-03-25 (executed) / recorded 2021-03-26 — Reel 055728/0845

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC
  • Assignee: TURBOCODE LLC, TEXAS
  • Correspondent: Robert C. Cumbow, CUMBOW & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 7635 Ashley Park Court, Suite 503-T, Orlando, FL 32835.
  • Context: Transfer from one LLC to another LLC (current assignee).

• 2021-03-25 (executed) / recorded 2021-07-29 — Reel 057066/0655

  • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
  • Assignor: INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC
  • Assignee: TURBOCODE LLC, TEXAS
  • Correspondent: Robert C. Cumbow, CUMBOW & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 7635 Ashley Park Court, Suite 503-T, Orlando, FL 32835. This correspondent recurred in this chain.
  • Context: Corrective assignment for a previous transfer.

• 2021-03-25 (executed) / recorded 2021-08-20 — Reel 057573/0448

  • Conveyance: Corrective Assignment
  • Assignor: INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC
  • Assignee: TURBOCODE LLC, TEXAS
  • Correspondent: Robert C. Cumbow, CUMBOW & ASSOCIATES, LLC, 7635 Ashley Park Court, Suite 503-T, Orlando, FL 32835. This correspondent recurred in this chain.
  • Context: Corrective assignment for a previous transfer.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 6813742
    2002 : Assigned to IComm Technologies Inc
    2004 : Patent issued
    2018 : Assigned to Innobrilliance LLC
    2021 : Assigned to Turbocode LLC
         : Corrective Assignment Turbocode
         : Corrective Assignment Turbocode

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present.

   • Innobrilliance, LLC: Transferred from ICOMM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. to INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC on 2018-11-19 (Reel 047547/0691). The name "LLC" and the absence of clear product information for Innobrilliance suggest a licensing-focused entity.
   • TurboCode LLC: Transferred from INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC to TURBOCODE LLC on 2021-03-26 (Reel 055728/0845). "LLC" in the name and current litigation patterns (asserting against numerous companies) strongly indicate a licensing-only entity.

2. Known asserter in the chain — present.

   • TurboCode LLC: The current assignee, TurboCode LLC, is identified as the plaintiff in the litigation summary, having asserted the patent against at least 35 companies. This directly aligns with the definition of a high-frequency plaintiff or NPE.

3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present.

   • Robert C. Cumbow, CUMBOW & ASSOCIATES, LLC: Appears as the correspondent on multiple corrective assignments from INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC to TURBOCODE LLC on 2021-07-29 (Reel 057066/0655) and 2021-08-20 (Reel 057573/0448). This suggests a consistent legal representation across these transfers to the current asserting entity.

4. Cascading transfers — unclear. While there are two corrective assignments close in time after the main assignment to Turbocode LLC, the primary transfers (IComm Tech -> Innobrilliance -> Turbocode) occurred over a few years, not within 24 months. The corrective assignments themselves don't form a "chain" of distinct assignees.

5. Pre-litigation transfer — present.

   • The patent was assigned to TurboCode LLC on 2021-03-26 (Reel 055728/0845). The litigation summary indicates a case was filed by TurboCode LLC vs. [Dell Technologies Inc. et al](/litigations/by-defendant/Dell%20Technologies%20Inc.%20et%20al) on April 12, 2021 (case 6:21-cv-00359), which is within six months of the transfer. This suggests the transfer was made in preparation for assertion.

6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for IComm Tech Inc. or Innobrilliance, LLC in the assignment records or patent information.

7. Privateering — unclear. While the pattern aligns with an NPE asserting patents, there's no explicit evidence (e.g., SEC filings, specific reports) to confirm that TurboCode LLC is asserting on behalf of an operating company.

8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with TurboCode LLC, an asserting entity, and does not involve any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The assignment timeline and identified signals strongly indicate that US Patent 6,813,742 is being asserted by a Non-Practicing Entity (NPE). Key signals include the transfer to shell entities (INNOBRILLIANCE, LLC and TURBOCODE LLC (Reel 047547/0691, Reel 055728/0845)), the current assignee TURBOCODE LLC being a known asserter with numerous litigation cases, and a transfer to TURBOCODE LLC occurring within six months of its first recorded litigation for this patent. The recurrence of the same correspondent for the corrective assignments also points towards a managed assertion strategy.

For verification, see the USPTO Assignment Center search results for US6813742: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/index.html