Patent 9036701

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 (2)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2012-03-23 · recorded 2012-04-05 · reel 028350/0949 · Assignment

    NOKIA CORPORATIONNOKIA CORPORATION

    Correspondent: Brian M. Dingman · Alston & Bird

    internal reorg

  2. 2015-04-22 · recorded 2015-05-13 · reel 033621/0434 · Assignment

    NOKIA CORPORATIONNOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY

    Correspondent: Brian M. Dingman · Alston & Bird

    internal reorg

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

  • Jani Lainema (Nokia Inc)
  • Kemal Ugur (Nokia Inc)
  • Antti Olli Hallapuro (Nokia Inc)

Original assignee

The original assignee named on the issued patent US9036701B2 is Nokia Inc. Nokia's primary line of business is telecommunications, consumer electronics, and information technology. Nokia Technologies Oy, the current assignee, develops and licenses Nokia innovations. Nokia is an operating company and is currently active.

Assignment timeline

  • 2012-03-23 (executed) / recorded 2012-04-05 — Reel 028350/0949
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Nokia Inc.
    • Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    • Correspondent: Brian M. Dingman, Alston & Bird LLP, 950 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004
    • Context: Internal corporate restructuring/reassignment.
  • 2015-04-22 (executed) / recorded 2015-05-13 — Reel 033621/0434
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Nokia Corporation
    • Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
    • Correspondent: Brian M. Dingman, Alston & Bird LLP, 950 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
    • Context: Internal corporate restructuring/reassignment.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 9036701
    2011 : Filed by Nokia Inc
    2012 : Assigned to Nokia Corp
    2015 : Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy
         : Issued
    2025 : First infringement suit filed (TX W)

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. All transfers are between known operating entities (Nokia Inc., Nokia Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy).
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the assignees (Nokia Inc., Nokia Corporation, Nokia Technologies Oy) are known NPEs.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Brian M. Dingman of Alston & Bird LLP is listed as the correspondent for both the 2012-04-05 assignment (Reel 028350/0949) and the 2015-05-13 assignment (Reel 033621/0434).
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are two transfers over a span of three years, which does not constitute cascading transfers.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — not present. The patent was issued on 2015-05-19. The earliest reported litigation was filed in 2025. There are no assignment records within 6 months prior to this litigation filing.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. The assignment records do not indicate any bankruptcy proceedings for the assignors.
  7. Privateering — unclear. While Nokia Technologies Oy is primarily a licensing entity, there is no public information to suggest they are asserting this patent on behalf of a competitor against another.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends at Nokia Technologies Oy, which is not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion

The patent originates from and remains within the Nokia corporate structure, with transfers reflecting internal restructuring rather than external sales. The current assignee, Nokia Technologies Oy, is an operating company engaged in patent licensing and development. While there is pending litigation, it appears to be an assertion by an operating company.

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