Patent 7383209

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 (11)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2007-03-27 · reel 019446/0993 · Security Agreement

    NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    securitization

  2. 2007-10-04 · reel 019973/0655 · Security Agreement

    NEOMEDIA MICRO PAINT REPAIR, INC., NEOMEDIA MIGRATION, INC., NEOMEDIA TELECOM SERVICES, INC., NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    securitization

  3. 2008-11-04 · reel 021757/0268 · Security Agreement

    NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    securitization

  4. 2009-05-13 · recorded 2009-05-20 · reel 022718/0657 · Assignment

    HUDETZ, FRANK C, HUDETZ, PETER RSOLAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

    Assignment of inventors' interest

  5. 2009-05-13 · recorded 2009-05-20 · reel 022718/0664 · Assignment

    SOLAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    internal reorg

  6. 2016-01-29 · recorded 2016-02-04 · reel 035653/0724 · Security Agreement

    NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.YA GLOBALINVESTMENTS, L.P.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    securitization

  7. 2016-09-02 · recorded 2016-09-08 · reel 036836/0155 · Assignment

    NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.NM, LLC

    transfer-to-asserter

  8. 2017-01-24 · recorded 2017-02-01 · reel 037599/0471 · Release

    YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LPNEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    Release of security interest

  9. 2017-01-24 · recorded 2017-02-01 · reel 037599/0479 · Release

    YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LPNEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    Release of security interest

  10. 2017-01-24 · recorded 2017-02-01 · reel 037599/0488 · Release

    CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    Release of security interest

  11. 2017-01-24 · recorded 2017-02-01 · reel 037599/0496 · Release

    YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LPNEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.

    Release of security interest

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

  • Frank C. Hudetz: Employer not determinable from the patent text.
  • Peter R. Hudetz: Employer not determinable from the patent text.

No unusual patterns, such as all inventors departing within 12 months of filing, are determinable from the provided information.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Neomedia Technologies Inc..

Based on the provided information, it is unclear if Neomedia Technologies Inc. shipped a product embodying the claims. The primary line of business for Neomedia Technologies, Inc. appears to be related to technologies involving identification codes for accessing remote computers over a network, as indicated by the patent title and abstract.

Neomedia Technologies, Inc. was involved in patent litigation concerning related technologies, including lawsuits against The Kroger Co., SpyderLynk, LLC, and Costco Wholesale Corporation, suggesting it was an operating entity asserting its patents. However, the company also faced a reexamination request from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) that resulted in the rejection of claims from a related patent, and Google Patents lists the current assignee as "Nm LLC" with the legal status "Expired - Fee Related" as of February 9, 2017. This indicates a complex history, and its current operating status is not definitively determinable from the provided information alone.

Assignment timeline

  • 2007-03-27 (executed) / recorded 2007-03-27 — Reel 019446/0993

    • Conveyance: Security Agreement
    • Assignor: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ.
    • Context: Securitization of intellectual property as collateral.

  • 2007-10-04 (executed) / recorded 2007-10-04 — Reel 019973/0655

    • Conveyance: Security Agreement
    • Assignor: NEOMEDIA MICRO PAINT REPAIR, INC., NEOMEDIA MIGRATION, INC., NEOMEDIA TELECOM SERVICES, INC., NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Securitization of intellectual property as collateral.

  • 2008-11-04 (executed) / recorded 2008-11-04 — Reel 021757/0268

    • Conveyance: Security Agreement
    • Assignor: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    • Assignee: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Securitization of intellectual property as collateral.

  • 2009-05-13 (executed) / recorded 2009-05-20 — Reel 022718/0657

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: HUDETZ, FRANK C, HUDETZ, PETER R
    • Assignee: SOLAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified.
    • Context: Assignment of inventors' interest.

  • 2009-05-13 (executed) / recorded 2009-05-20 — Reel 022718/0664

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: SOLAR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    • Assignee: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: Not specified.
    • Context: Assignment back to the original assignee.

  • 2016-01-29 (executed) / recorded 2016-02-04 — Reel 035653/0724

    • Conveyance: Security Agreement
    • Assignor: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: YA GLOBALINVESTMENTS, L.P.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Securitization of intellectual property as collateral.

  • 2016-09-02 (executed) / recorded 2016-09-08 — Reel 036836/0155

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Assignee: NM, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified.
    • Context: Transfer of patent ownership.

  • 2017-01-24 (executed) / recorded 2017-02-01 — Reel 037599/0471

    • Conveyance: Release
    • Assignor: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP
    • Assignee: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Release of security interest.

  • 2017-01-24 (executed) / recorded 2017-02-01 — Reel 037599/0479

    • Conveyance: Release
    • Assignor: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP
    • Assignee: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Release of security interest.

  • 2017-01-24 (executed) / recorded 2017-02-01 — Reel 037599/0488

    • Conveyance: Release
    • Assignor: CORNELL CAPITAL PARTNERS, LP
    • Assignee: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Release of security interest.

  • 2017-01-24 (executed) / recorded 2017-02-01 — Reel 037599/0496

    • Conveyance: Release
    • Assignor: YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, LP
    • Assignee: NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. This correspondent appears on multiple security agreements in this chain.
    • Context: Release of security interest.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7383209
    2004 : Application filed
    2007 : Security agreement Cornell
         : Security agreement YA Global
    2008 : Patent granted
         : Security agreement YA Global
    2009 : Assigned to Solar Comm
         : Assigned to Neomedia Tech Inc
    2014 : First infringement suit filed
    2016 : Security agreement YA Global
         : Assigned to NM LLC
    2017 : Release by YA Global (x3)
         : Release by Cornell
         : Expired - Fee Related

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. On 2016-09-02 (executed) / recorded 2016-09-08 (Reel 036836/0155), the patent was assigned from NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. to NM, LLC. NM LLC is listed as the current assignee on Google Patents and its name suggests a potential licensing-only entity.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — unclear. While Neomedia Technologies, Inc. has been a plaintiff in patent infringement lawsuits, it's not explicitly listed among the examples of well-known NPEs provided. YA Global Investments, L.P. is a known investor in public and private companies, including those involved in patent assertion, but their role in this chain appears to be as a lender via security agreements rather than a direct asserter.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. appears as the correspondent for multiple security agreements involving NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and YA GLOBAL INVESTMENTS, L.P. (Reels 019446/0993, 019973/0655, 021757/0268, 035653/0724, 037599/0471, 037599/0479, 037599/0488, 037599/0496).

  4. Cascading transfers — not present. The assignments within this chain are spaced out and do not show rapid, consecutive transfers through chained LLCs.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The assignment to NM, LLC (executed 2016-09-02) occurred after the identified litigation began (May 13, 2014).

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — unclear. While the patent expired due to fee-related issues, there is no explicit mention of Neomedia Technologies, Inc. filing for Chapter 7 or 11 bankruptcy in the provided text.

  7. Privateering — unclear. There's no information to suggest an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf against competitors.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — moderate confidence

This verdict is driven by the shell-entity transfer to NM, LLC on 2016-09-02 (Reel 036836/0155), coupled with the recurrence of GREGORY A. GLOVER, ESQ. as the correspondent across multiple security agreements in the chain. These signals, particularly the transfer to an entity with a generic "LLC" name and no clear operational product, suggest a potential shift towards a licensing or assertion model, even though the original assignee (Neomedia Technologies, Inc.) was actively involved in litigation. The USPTO Assignment Center records can be verified at https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/index.html.

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