Patent 7822639

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. 2004-11-24 · recorded 2004-12-08 · reel 015949/0569 · Assignment

    Shkedi, RoyAlmondnet, Inc.

    Correspondent: MICHAEL J. LENNON · KENYON & KENYON

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

  • Roy Shkedi: The sole inventor listed on the patent. At the time of filing, Shkedi was the founder and CEO of the original assignee, Almondnet Inc. He remains CEO of Almondnet and Chairman of its subsidiaries, Intent IQ and Datonics, and has accumulated over 150 granted patents. There are no unusual patterns, such as inventor departure, associated with this patent.

Original assignee

  • Almondnet Inc.: Almondnet Inc. is the original assignee named on the issued patent. Founded in 1998, Almondnet was and remains an operating company in the ad-tech sector, specializing in privacy-focused targeted advertising. The company developed and commercialized technology related to the patent's claims. Almondnet's business model has evolved to focus heavily on R&D and the licensing of its extensive patent portfolio, while its subsidiaries, Datonics and Intent IQ, handle data aggregation and identity resolution services. Almondnet and its subsidiaries are highly active in patent litigation, asserting their portfolio against major tech companies.

Assignment timeline

A search of the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database reveals no recorded assignments for US patent 7,822,639. The only record is the original assignment from the inventor, Roy Shkedi, to the assignee, Almondnet Inc., at the time of filing.

  • 2004-11-24 (executed) / recorded 2004-12-08 — Reel 015949/0569
    • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
    • Assignor: SHKEDI, ROY
    • Assignee: ALMONDNET INC.
    • Correspondent: MICHAEL J. LENNON, KENYON & KENYON, ONE BROADWAY, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10004
    • Context: Standard assignment of invention from founder/inventor to his operating company at the time of filing the patent application.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7,822,639
    2000 : Priority application filed by Roy Shkedi
    2004 : Application filed and assigned to Almondnet Inc.
    2010 : Patent Issued
    2021 : First infringement suit filed vs Amazon
    2023 : Patent Expired
    2024 : Jury verdict in favor of Almondnet vs Amazon

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer: Not Present. There are no recorded transfers from the original assignee, Almondnet Inc., to a separate licensing LLC. Almondnet itself, along with its operating subsidiary Datonics LLC, acts as the plaintiff in litigation.

  2. Known asserter in the chain: Present. While there is no transfer to a known asserter, the original and current assignee, Almondnet Inc., is a high-frequency plaintiff and can be classified as a known patent asserter. It is a product-producing company that also engages in aggressive, large-scale patent licensing and litigation. Its litigation campaigns are tracked by services like RPX.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain: Not Present. Only one assignment is on record. The correspondent, Michael J. Lennon of Kenyon & Kenyon, is a well-known IP litigator but does not appear on multiple links in this specific chain.

  4. Cascading transfers: Not Present. No subsequent assignments have been recorded.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer: Not Present. The patent has remained with the original assignee, which initiated litigation itself. The first suit was filed in 2021, many years after the initial assignment.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale: Not Present. Almondnet Inc. is an ongoing, profitable enterprise.

  7. Privateering: Not Present. Almondnet asserts patents on its own behalf, not for another operating company.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE): Not Present. The patent is being actively asserted and has not been transferred to a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

  • Operating-company assertion

Almondnet Inc., the original and current owner of US patent 7,822,639, is an operating company that develops and sells ad-tech products and services, often through its subsidiaries like Datonics. The company's business model explicitly includes the active licensing and assertion of its large patent portfolio, which it has done successfully against major technology companies like Amazon. This pattern does not fit the classic NPE model of a non-practicing entity acquiring patents solely for litigation; instead, it represents an operating company aggressively monetizing its own R&D and intellectual property through litigation.

Verification Link: USPTO Assignment Search for Pat. 7,822,639 (Note: Results will show assignment from Roy Shkedi to Almondnet Inc. recorded at Reel/Frame 015949/0569).

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