Patent 8365799

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 (3)

Asserters network →

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

2011-03-17 · reel 025970/0278 · ASSIGNMENT
HARRIS, VICTOR NSV LLC
Correspondent: · BROWNING & BROWNING
initial assignment from inventor to original operating company
2013-11-19 · recorded 2014-09-03 · reel 033657/0528 · ASSIGNMENT
NSV LLC HARRIS, VICTOR
Correspondent: · BROWNING & BROWNING
transfer from original operating company back to the inventor
2016-07-01 · recorded 2017-02-27 · reel 041385/0055 · ASSIGNMENT
HARRIS, VICTOR NSV GROUP FZCO
Correspondent: · BROWNING & BROWNING
transfer from inventor to a related operating company

Assignment history

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Inventors

The sole named inventor of US patent 8365799 is Victor Harris. At the time of filing on March 17, 2011, Victor Harris assigned his interest in the patent application to NSV LLC [cite: Reel 025970/0278], indicating NSV LLC was his employer or the entity to which he assigned his invention.

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is NSV LLC. NSV is an active provider of automotive products and accessories, founded in 1990 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Their product offerings include a wide range of automotive accessories such as compressors, in-car entertainment systems, body kits, LED lighting, and "Laser Shades". While a French legal entity associated with NSV has a "Deadpooled" status, an Indian entity is active, and the broader NSV Group in Dubai actively develops and supplies automotive products to OEM vehicle manufacturers globally. NSV Group FZCO, the current assignee, also holds trademarks related to "UV SHADES" for vehicle window coverings, confirming a direct relation to the claimed invention.

Assignment timeline

2011-03-17 (executed) / recorded 2011-03-17 — Reel 025970/0278
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
- Assignor: HARRIS, VICTOR
- Assignee: NSV LLC
- Correspondent: BROWNING & BROWNING, 5718 WESTHEIMER RD STE 1000, HOUSTON, TX 77057. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
- Context: Initial assignment from inventor to original operating company.
2013-11-19 (executed) / recorded 2014-09-03 — Reel 033657/0528
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
- Assignor: NSV LLC
- Assignee: HARRIS, VICTOR
- Correspondent: BROWNING & BROWNING, P.C., P.O. BOX 11847, HOUSTON, TX 77293-1847. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
- Context: Transfer from original operating company back to the inventor.
2016-07-01 (executed) / recorded 2017-02-27 — Reel 041385/0055
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
- Assignor: HARRIS, VICTOR
- Assignee: NSV GROUP FZCO
- Correspondent: BROWNING & BROWNING, P.C., P.O. BOX 11847, HOUSTON, TX 77293-1847. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
- Context: Transfer from inventor to a related operating company (NSV GROUP FZCO).

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 8365799
    2011 : Filed by Victor Harris
         : Assigned to NSV LLC
    2013 : Assigned to Victor Harris
    2014 : Recorded to Victor Harris
    2016 : Assigned to NSV Group FZCO
    2017 : Recorded to NSV Group FZCO
    2031 : Patent expires

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The transfers involve an operating company (NSV LLC), the inventor (Victor Harris), and another operating company (NSV Group FZCO) that actively develops and sells automotive accessories, including shades.
Known asserter in the chain — Not present. None of the assignors or assignees are listed on common NPE directories.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. The law firm BROWNING & BROWNING, or BROWNING & BROWNING, P.C., is listed as the correspondent of record for all three assignments (Reel 025970/0278, Reel 033657/0528, Reel 041385/0055). While this firm appears to be an entertainment and corporate law firm, its consistent involvement across multiple transfers for this patent is a clear recurrence.
Cascading transfers — Not present. The assignments are spaced more than two years apart, specifically approximately 2 years and 8 months between the first and second, and 2 years and 7 months between the second and third, which does not constitute rapid cascading transfers.
Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. No litigation involving this patent is known as of April 26, 2026.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy for any entity in the assignment chain.
Privateering — Unclear. While the transfers occurred between related parties and the inventor, there is no public information to explicitly suggest a privateering arrangement.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee is an operating company, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

This verdict is reached with moderate confidence. While there is a repeat correspondent across all assignments (Browning & Browning, P.C., for Reel 025970/0278, Reel 033657/0528, and Reel 041385/0055), the entities involved in the transfers are either the inventor or active operating companies in the automotive accessories market. NSV LLC, the original assignee, and NSV Group FZCO, the current assignee, both operate in the automotive sector and produce related products, including shades. The transfer back to the inventor, Victor Harris (Reel 033657/0528), before being assigned to NSV Group FZCO (Reel 041385/0055), suggests internal business restructuring or continuity within a family of companies rather than a typical NPE shell game.

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