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.

Assignment history

Inventors

There is no publicly available information on US patent D1049230 as it has not yet been issued. Therefore, no inventor details or their employers at the time of filing can be determined.

Original assignee

As US patent D1049230 has not yet been issued, there is no information regarding the original assignee, whether they shipped a product, their primary line of business, or their current status.

Assignment timeline

As of May 30, 2026, a search of the USPTO Patent Assignment Search database for US patent D1049230 yields no recorded assignments. This is consistent with the understanding that the patent has not yet been issued.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US D1049230
    2026 : Patent not yet issued

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Since US patent D1049230 has not been issued and no assignments are recorded, there is insufficient data to evaluate any NPE/troll-pattern signals.

Shell-entity transfer — unclear (insufficient data)
Known asserter in the chain — unclear (insufficient data)
Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear (insufficient data)
Cascading transfers — unclear (insufficient data)
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear (insufficient data)
Bankruptcy fire-sale — unclear (insufficient data)
Privateering — unclear (insufficient data)
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — unclear (insufficient data)

Verdict

Insufficient data
There are no recorded assignments for US patent D1049230 as it has not yet been issued. Therefore, no assessment of NPE activity can be made at this time.