Assignment history

Inventors

• Naveen Chopra (Xerox Corp.)
• Michelle N. Chrétien (Xerox Corp.)
• Barkev Keoshkerian (Xerox Corp.)
• Daryl Vanbesien (Xerox Corp.)
• Jenny Eliyahu (Xerox Corp.)

All inventors were assigned to Xerox Corporation at the time of the patent application's filing, as indicated by the initial assignment recorded on 2012-04-09 (Reel 028442/0458).

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent is Xerox Corporation. Xerox is a global corporation known for its print and digital document technology and services. Based on the patent's subject matter ("Ink compositions containing isosorbide-capped amide gellant"), it is highly likely that Xerox Corporation has shipped products embodying the claims in their printing apparatuses. Xerox Corporation is currently an operating company.

Assignment timeline

There is only one assignment record for this patent, which documents the initial assignment from the inventors to the original assignee at the time of filing. No subsequent assignments from Xerox Corporation have been recorded with the USPTO.

• 2012-04-09 (executed) / recorded 2012-04-09 — Reel 028442/0458
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: Chopra, Naveen; Chrétien, Michelle N.; Eliyahu, Jenny; Keoshkerian, Barkev; Vanbesien, Daryl
  • Assignee: Xerox Corporation
  • Correspondent: Xerox Corporation, C/O Xerox Patent Dept., 201 Summer Street, Stamford, CT 06904
  • Context: Initial assignment from inventors to corporate employer.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 8772416
    2012 : Inventors assigned to Xerox Corp
    2014 : Patent issued to Xerox Corp
    2032 : Patent expires

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The only recorded assignment is from the inventors to Xerox Corporation, a known operating company. There is no evidence of a transfer from Xerox to a licensing-only LLC.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Xerox Corporation is an operating company and is not identified as a known patent asserter (NPE) in this context. The patent has not been assigned to any entity on common NPE lists.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. There is only one assignment record, where the correspondent is "Xerox Corporation, C/O Xerox Patent Dept.". This is a standard internal legal department, not a recurring third-party firm associated with NPE activities.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment, from the inventors to the original assignee, is recorded.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. No transfers from the operating company are recorded, and there is no indication of any infringement suits.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. Xerox Corporation remains an active operating company, and there is no record of this patent being sold in bankruptcy proceedings.
7. Privateering — not present. No transfers to an NPE are recorded, thus no evidence of privateering.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent's ownership remains with Xerox Corporation, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data
There is only one assignment record for US8772416, which documents the initial assignment from the inventors to Xerox Corporation on 2012-04-09 (Reel 028442/0458). No subsequent transfers from the original assignee are recorded, meaning there is insufficient data in the public assignment records to identify any NPE or patent-troll patterns. The patent appears to remain with the original operating assignee.

USPTO Assignment Center search page for verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/[8772416](/patent/8772416)