Patent 9510040

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. 2016-10-18 · reel 038283/0091 · Assignment

    FLEXTRONICS AP, LLCFLEXTRONICS AP, LLC

    Correspondent: GREGORY A. NARENDORF · GARLICK & NARENDORF

    internal reorg

  2. 2023-01-18 · recorded 2023-01-20 · reel 060938/0879 · Assignment

    FLEXTRONICS AP, LLCMULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD.

    Correspondent: RYAN B. MCCARTHY · ADELPHI LAW GROUP

    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

  • Mohammed Selim (Flextronics AP LLC)
  • Sanjiv Sirpal (Flextronics AP LLC)
  • Fuqu Wu (Flextronics AP LLC)
  • Salvador Soto (Flextronics AP LLC)

No unusual patterns were observed regarding inventors departing the original assignee.

Original assignee

The original assignee, Flextronics AP LLC, is a global diversified manufacturer. As a contract manufacturer, Flextronics AP LLC would typically ship products embodying the claims on behalf of its clients. Its current status is operating, though the patent itself has been reassigned.

Assignment timeline

  • 2016-10-18 (executed) / recorded 2016-10-18 — Reel 038283/0091

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    • Assignee: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    • Correspondent: GREGORY A. NARENDORF, GARLICK & NARENDORF, LLP, 9700 N. CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY., SUITE 350, AUSTIN, TX 78759
    • Context: Internal reorg (Assignor and Assignee are the same, suggesting an internal transfer or correction)

  • 2023-01-18 (executed) / recorded 2023-01-20 — Reel 060938/0879

    • Conveyance: Assignment
    • Assignor: FLEXTRONICS AP, LLC
    • Assignee: MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES PTE, LTD
    • Correspondent: RYAN B. MCCARTHY, ADELPHI LAW GROUP, PC, 1875 CENTURY PARK EAST, SUITE 1000, LOS ANGELES, CA 90067
    • Context: Transfer-to-asserter

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 9510040
    2015 : Application filed by Flextronics AP LLC
    2016 : Patent granted
         : Assigned to Flextronics AP LLC
    2023 : Assigned to Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The transfer from Flextronics AP, LLC to Multimedia Technologies Pte, Ltd. on 2023-01-20 (Reel 060938/0879) indicates a move to an entity whose name suggests a focus on intellectual property or licensing ("Technologies Pte Ltd" is often used by NPEs). Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd has been identified in litigation data as a patent asserter.

  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd is listed in litigation records as a petitioner in PTAB cases (e.g., IPR2024-00694, IPR2024-00351) and as a party in district court cases in the Eastern District of Texas and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. GREGORY A. NARENDORF of GARLICK & NARENDORF, LLP is listed on the 2016 assignment (Reel 038283/0091). RYAN B. MCCARTHY of ADELPHI LAW GROUP, PC is listed on the 2023 assignment (Reel 060938/0879). These are different correspondents.

  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two recorded assignments after the initial internal transfer, spaced several years apart.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The patent was assigned to Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd on 2023-01-20 (Reel 060938/0879). The Google Patents legal events indicate a "US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court" on 2023-01-18, which is two days before the recording date of the assignment, but the execution date of the assignment is also 2023-01-18. This timing is highly suspicious and suggests the transfer was made in immediate anticipation of litigation, or even simultaneously.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of Flextronics AP, LLC filing for bankruptcy.

  7. Privateering — unclear. While the transfer is to a known NPE, there is no public information in the patent record or search results to definitively state this is privateering where Flextronics AP, LLC is directing the assertions against competitors.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain ends with Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd, which is an asserting entity.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The transfer to Multimedia Technologies Pte Ltd (Reel 060938/0879, recorded 2023-01-20), a known patent asserter involved in multiple litigations, and the highly suspicious timing of this assignment just two days before a lawsuit was filed (or on the same day as the execution date) strongly indicates an NPE assertion strategy.

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