Assignment history

Inventors

• James Thomas (Employer: Electraled Inc., inferred as the assignee at the time of assignment)
• David Lynd (Employer: Electraled Inc., inferred as the assignee at the time of assignment)
• Gary Gatesman (Employer: Electraled Inc., inferred as the assignee at the time of assignment)
• Jim Mosier (Employer: Electraled Inc., inferred as the assignee at the time of assignment)
• Bryan T. Warner (Employer: Electraled Inc., inferred as the assignee at the time of assignment)

No unusual patterns are determinable. The assignment from the inventors to Electraled Inc. occurred in March 2009, which is approximately 21 months after the June 2007 filing date of the original application, not within 12 months.

Original assignee

Electraled Inc. was the original assignee named on the issued patent. The patent itself describes the invention as a "durable light fixture with improved thermal management properties to ensure reliable operation" and mentions its configuration for "commercial or industrial applications, such as loading docks or receiving areas." This strongly suggests Electraled Inc. was an operating company that shipped products embodying the claims, specifically LED light fixtures for commercial/industrial use. Their primary line of business was likely the design, manufacture, and sale of LED lighting products.

Based on publicly available information and the absence of contradictory data, Electraled Inc. appears to be an operating company. There is no readily available information indicating it has been acquired, dissolved, or is in bankruptcy.

Assignment timeline

• 2009-03-18 (executed) / recorded 2009-03-18 — Reel 022062/0500
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
  • Assignor: GATESMAN, GARY; LYND, DAVID; MOSIER, JIM; THOMAS, JAMES; WARNER, BRYAN T. (all named inventors)
  • Assignee: ELECTRALED, INC.
  • Correspondent: STEVENS & SWAIN, LLP, 1000 W. 14th Avenue Denver CO 80204
  • Context: Transfer of full interest from inventors to the corporate entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7651245
    2007 : Application filed
    2009 : Assigned by inventors to Electraled Inc
    2010 : Patent issued
    2027 : Patent expires

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only recorded assignment is from the inventors to Electraled Inc., which appears to be an operating company. No evidence of a transfer to a licensing-only LLC.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. The sole assignee, Electraled Inc., is not listed among known NPEs or high-frequency plaintiffs by RPX or Unified Patents. The Google Patents page lists several active litigations for the patent family, but the current assignee remains Electraled Inc..
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment for patent 7651245 from the USPTO Assignment Center, handled by STEVENS & SWAIN, LLP. Without other assignments in this chain or a broader context of other tracked patents, recurrence cannot be established.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. Only one assignment is recorded.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. While Google Patents indicates ongoing litigation, the only assignment on record (from inventors to Electraled Inc. on 2009-03-18) occurred well before the patent issued (2010-01-26) and any publicly noted litigation (first case listed is 2:24-cv-00512 filed in 2024). Insufficient data exists to link this single assignment to specific litigation.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication that Electraled Inc. has undergone bankruptcy proceedings or that the patent was sold as part of such.
7. Privateering — Not present. There is no information suggesting an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE for assertion on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is still held by Electraled Inc., and no transfer to a defensive aggregator is recorded.

Verdict

Insufficient data.
Only one assignment is recorded for US7651245 in the USPTO Assignment Center, which is the initial transfer from the inventors to the operating company, Electraled Inc., prior to patent issuance. While Google Patents lists active litigation for the patent family, there are no subsequent recorded assignments that would indicate a transfer to a known NPE or show other troll-pattern signals. The current listed assignee is still Electraled Inc..

USPTO Assignment Center search for US7651245: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patview-search-results?id=7651245 (Results confirm the single record: 022062/0500)