Patent 9253616

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.

  1. 2015-03-24 · reel 033099/0476 · Assignment

    HANEY, RICHARD D.X ONE, INC.

    Correspondent: Jeffrey T. Kobs · Kobs & Mitchell

    original assignment

  2. 2022-02-09 · reel 059905/0147 · Assignment

    Yushin, GlebSila Nanotechnologies, Inc.

    Correspondent: · Sila Nanotechnologies

    anomalous assignment

  3. 2025-11-24 · reel 066753/0754 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest

    X ONE, INC.PINEY WOODS MOBILITY LLC

    Correspondent: Christopher L. Evans · Banks Miller

    transfer-to-asserter

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

  • Richard D. Haney (Employer not specified in the patent document at the time of filing, but he was the original assignor to X One Inc.)

Original assignee

X One Inc. was the original assignee. It is unclear from the patent text whether X One Inc. shipped a product embodying the claims. Their primary line of business, as inferred from the patent, appears to be related to developing and providing location-based services and applications for cellular wireless devices. Their current status is "Assignor" in the most recent assignment, suggesting they transferred ownership.

Assignment timeline

  • 2015-03-24 (executed) / recorded 2015-03-24 - Reel 033099/0476
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Haney, Richard D.
    • Assignee: X One Inc
    • Correspondent: Jeffrey T. Kobs, Kobs & Mitchell, PLLC, PO Box 31238, Mesa, AZ 85275-1238.
    • Context: Original assignment from inventor to company.
  • 2022-02-09 (executed) / recorded 2022-02-09 - Reel 059905/0147
    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: Yushin, Gleb
    • Assignee: Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc.
    • Correspondent: No name provided, Sila Nanotechnologies Inc., 2400 Boswell Road, Alameda, CA 94502.
    • Context: This appears to be an anomalous assignment from an individual not listed as an inventor. This may be an error in the Google Patents data or a different type of transaction, e.g. a separate agreement not directly conveying the patent. It is flagged as potentially contradictory as Gleb Yushin is not a named inventor.
  • 2025-11-24 (executed) / recorded 2025-11-24 - Reel 066753/0754
    • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignor's Interest
    • Assignor: X One, Inc.
    • Assignee: Piney Woods Mobility LLC
    • Correspondent: Christopher L. Evans, c/o Daniel B. Banks, Banks Miller, PLLC, 2520 Montrose Blvd, Houston, TX 77019.
    • Context: Transfer-to-asserter.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 9253616
    2015 : Filed by X One Inc
         : Assigned from R. Haney to X One Inc
    2016 : Issued to X One Inc
    2022 : Anomalous assignment from G. Yushin to Sila Nanotech Inc
    2025 : Assigned to Piney Woods Mobility LLC
    2026 : Litigation filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The assignment on 2025-11-24 (Reel 066753/0754) transfers the patent from X One Inc. to Piney Woods Mobility LLC. The name "Piney Woods Mobility LLC" suggests a licensing-only entity, especially when coupled with the subsequent litigation filings. Piney Woods Mobility LLC is identified by Unified Patents as a high-frequency plaintiff.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Piney Woods Mobility LLC is listed as a current assignee and is identified by Unified Patents as a high-frequency plaintiff.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. Different correspondents are listed for each assignment in the timeline.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are no multiple consecutive assignments through chained LLCs in a short timeframe.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The assignment to Piney Woods Mobility LLC was executed and recorded on 2025-11-24 (Reel 066753/0754). Litigation cases against this patent family were filed in 2026, which is within 6 months of the assignment date.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — unclear. There is no explicit evidence in the provided data to indicate a bankruptcy fire-sale.
  7. Privateering — unclear. There is no explicit evidence in the provided data to indicate privateering.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. This verdict is supported by the assignment of the patent to Piney Woods Mobility LLC on 2025-11-24 (Reel 066753/0754), which is a known high-frequency plaintiff according to Unified Patents. Furthermore, this assignment occurred within six months prior to the first infringement suits filed in 2026, indicating a pre-litigation transfer intended to enable assertion.

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