Patent 8915829

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. 2014-03-05 · reel 031268/0503 · Assignment of Assignors Interest

    ENDELMAN, KEN; MASTERSON, BRIAN; SAVARINO, CHRISTOPHER J.; STUDENT, JOERG; DAVIS-WILSON, JENNIFER ELLEN; OBERWELZ, ELGER; OVERTHUN, THOMAS DIETER CHRISTIAN; PATRON, ANTHONY; WEBSTER, DAVID; YURCHENCO, JAMES R.BALANCED BODY, INC.

    Correspondent: R. MICHAEL WESTENBERG · BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS

    original assignment from inventors to company

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

  • Ken Endelman (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Christopher J. Savarino (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Brian Masterson (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Elger Oberwelz (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • James R. Yurchenco (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Anthony Patron (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Thomas Dieter Christian Overthun (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Joerg Student (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • David Webster (Balanced Body Inc.)
  • Jennifer Ellen Davis-Wilson (Balanced Body Inc.)

All inventors appear to have been employed by Balanced Body Inc. at the time of filing. There are no immediate indications of inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing based on the provided information.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Balanced Body Inc. They are a well-known manufacturer and distributor of Pilates equipment, including reformers, and therefore ship products embodying the claims of this patent. Balanced Body Inc. is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

There is one assignment record for US8915829 on the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database.

  • 2014-03-05 (executed) / recorded 2014-03-05 — Reel 031268/0503
    • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
    • Assignor: ENDELMAN, KEN; MASTERSON, BRIAN; SAVARINO, CHRISTOPHER J.; STUDENT, JOERG; DAVIS-WILSON, JENNIFER ELLEN; OBERWELZ, ELGER; OVERTHUN, THOMAS DIETER CHRISTIAN; PATRON, ANTHONY; WEBSTER, DAVID; YURCHENCO, JAMES R.
    • Assignee: BALANCED BODY, INC.
    • Correspondent: R. MICHAEL WESTENBERG, BOZICEVIC, FIELD & FRANCIS LLP, 1900 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SUITE 200, EAST PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, 94303. This correspondent has not recurred on this site's tracked patents to date.
    • Context: Original assignment from inventors to company.

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    title Ownership of US 8915829
    2014 : Assigned to Balanced Body Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The sole assignee, Balanced Body Inc., is an operating company that manufactures and sells Pilates equipment.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. Balanced Body Inc. is not recognized as a known NPE.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. The correspondent, R. Michael Westenberg of Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP, appears only once in the assignment record.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There is only one assignment record for this patent.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The only assignment is the initial one from the inventors to Balanced Body Inc. on the filing date, not within 6 months before any litigation (which, as previously noted, has not been found).
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication that Balanced Body Inc. has filed for bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — not present. There is no evidence to suggest this patent was transferred to an NPE for assertion on Balanced Body Inc.'s behalf.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent is currently assigned to Balanced Body Inc., not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. There is only one assignment record for US8915829, which is the initial transfer from the inventors to Balanced Body Inc. on 2014-03-05 (Reel 031268/0503). This record does not show any subsequent transfers that would indicate an NPE or troll pattern.

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