Assignment history

Inventors

• Sean Moore (Centripetal Networks LLC)

Original assignee

Centripetal Networks LLC, an operating company, is the original assignee. The company develops and markets cybersecurity solutions, including packet security gateways and network threat detection systems, which embody the claims of US9686193. Centripetal Networks LLC is currently operating.

Assignment timeline

• 2015-02-20 (executed) / recorded 2015-02-20 — Reel 034177/0631
  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: MOORE, SEAN
  • Assignee: CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC.
  • Correspondent: Jeffrey A. Haeberlin, Haerberlin & Associates, P.C., 2707 North Ste. 300, Dallas, TX, 75204.
  • Context: Original assignment from inventor to company.
• 2017-04-19 (executed) / recorded 2017-04-24 — Reel 038596/0773
  • Conveyance: Security Interest
  • Assignor: CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC.
  • Assignee: SMITH, DOUGLAS A.
  • Correspondent: Joshua R. Simon, Simon Law Firm, 1000 Main Street, Suite 2000, Houston, TX, 77002.
  • Context: Securitization (loan collateral).
• 2019-03-04 (executed) / recorded 2019-03-05 — Reel 044062/0547
  • Conveyance: Security Interest
  • Assignor: SMITH, DOUGLAS A
  • Assignee: CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC.
  • Correspondent: David S. Makman, One LLP, 4000 MacArthur Blvd., West Tower, Suite 500, Newport Beach, CA, 92660.
  • Context: Release/termination of security interest.
• 2023-01-20 (executed) / recorded 2023-01-20 — Reel 059943/0904
  • Conveyance: Change of Name
  • Assignor: CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, INC.
  • Assignee: CENTRIPETAL NETWORKS, LLC
  • Correspondent: Joshua R. Simon, Simon Law Firm, 1000 Main Street, Suite 2000, Houston, TX, 77002. This correspondent recurred in this chain.
  • Context: Corporate restructuring (change of legal entity type).

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 9686193
    2015 : Assigned to Centripetal Networks Inc
    2017 : Security interest to Douglas A Smith
    2019 : Security interest released
    2023 : Change of name to Centripetal Networks LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. The patent has remained with Centripetal Networks, Inc./LLC throughout its recorded assignment history.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the assignees (Centripetal Networks, Inc./LLC or Douglas A. Smith as a security interest holder) appear on common NPE lists.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Joshua R. Simon of Simon Law Firm appears as correspondent on the 2017-04-24 security interest recording [cite: 038596/0773] and the 2023-01-20 change of name recording [cite: 059943/0904].
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are no multiple consecutive assignments through chained LLCs in a short timeframe.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While there is litigation associated with this patent family, the assignment records provided do not offer sufficient detail on the exact filing dates of lawsuits to definitively determine if any assignment immediately preceded litigation.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication in the assignment records or Google Patents legal events that Centripetal Networks, Inc./LLC has filed for bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — not present. The patent remains with the original operating company.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion
The patent has been consistently held by Centripetal Networks, Inc. and its successor entity, Centripetal Networks LLC, since its original assignment from the inventor [cite: 034177/0631]. Centripetal Networks is an operating company that develops and sells cybersecurity products, indicating that the patent is being asserted by an entity that practices the technology.
Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/