Assignment history

Inventors

• Roger N. Anderson (AKW Analytics Inc.)
• Boyi Xie (AKW Analytics Inc.)
• Leon L. Wu (AKW Analytics Inc.)
• Arthur Kressner (AKW Analytics Inc.)

All inventors appear to have been employed by the original assignee, AKW Analytics Inc., at the time of filing. There is a reassignment recorded on March 27, 2020, to the inventors, indicating their departure from the original assignee after the patent was issued.

Original assignee

The original assignee on the issued patent was AKW Analytics Inc. Information regarding whether AKW Analytics Inc. shipped a product embodying the claims is unclear from the patent text. The primary line of business, as indicated by the patent, is "Petroleum analytics learning machine system with machine learning analytics applications for upstream and midstream oil and gas industry." The current status of AKW Analytics Inc. is not explicitly stated in the provided text.

Assignment timeline

• 2017-01-18 (executed) / recorded 2017-01-18 — Reel 040187/0038
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: ANDERSON, ROGER N., KRESSNER, ARTHUR, WU, LEON L., XIE, BOYI
  • Assignee: AKW ANALYTICS INC.
  • Correspondent: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C., 1900 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 800, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20006.
  • Context: Original assignment from inventors to the initial assignee.
• 2020-03-27 (executed) / recorded 2020-03-27 — Reel 049397/0885
  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: AKW ANALYTICS INC.
  • Assignee: KRESSNER, ARTHUR, WU, LEON L., ANDERSON, ROGER N., XIE, BOYI
  • Correspondent: BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C., 1900 K STREET, N.W., SUITE 800, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20006. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: Transfer of ownership from the original assignee back to the individual inventors.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US US10430725B2
    2017 : Assigned to AKW Analytics Inc
    2019 : Issued
    2020 : Assigned to Inventors

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. The original assignee, AKW Analytics Inc., and the subsequent assignees (the inventors) do not immediately suggest shell entities based on their names. Without further information on their business activities or addresses, this signal remains unclear.
2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. None of the named assignees (AKW Analytics Inc., or the individual inventors) appear on common NPE lists.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. The correspondent "BROWDY AND NEIMARK, P.L.L.C." appears on both the 2017-01-18 (Reel 040187/0038) and 2020-03-27 (Reel 049397/0885) assignments.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are only two assignments recorded, which does not constitute cascading transfers.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. No litigation has been identified for this patent, so this signal cannot be assessed.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy proceedings for AKW Analytics Inc.
7. Privateering — unclear. There is no public information to suggest a privateering arrangement.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent has not been assigned to any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

Insufficient data (only the original assignment and a reassignment to inventors).
The recorded assignment history shows a transfer from the initial assignee (AKW Analytics Inc.) back to the inventors. While the same correspondent handled both recordings, there is no other evidence to suggest an NPE pattern, such as transfers to known assertion entities, cascading transfers, or shell company indicators. Further information about the inventors' current activities or any product commercialization would be needed for a more definitive assessment.

Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/