Assignment history

Inventors

• Jeffrey Cooper Rounds (Wolf Tactical LLC at time of filing)

Original assignee

Wolf Tactical LLC was the original assignee named on the issued patent. Information regarding whether Wolf Tactical LLC shipped a product embodying the claims, their primary line of business, or their current status (operating, acquired, dissolved, in bankruptcy) is not readily determinable from the patent document itself.

Assignment timeline

• 2018-09-27 (executed) / recorded 2018-09-27 — Reel 046460/0270

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Jeffrey Cooper Rounds
  • Assignee: Wolf Tactical LLC
  • Correspondent: Jeffrey Cooper Rounds, P.O. Box 720373, Norman, OK, 73070
  • Context: Transfer from inventor to initial assignee

• 2020-06-10 (executed) / recorded 2020-06-12 — Reel 049339/0815

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Wolf Tactical, LLC
  • Assignee: Rare Breed Triggers, LLC
  • Correspondent: Peter K. Skivington, The Skivington Law Firm, P.O. Box 467, Henrietta, NY, 14467. This correspondent appears on other tracked patents.
  • Context: Transfer to subsequent assignee

• 2025-05-02 (executed) / recorded 2025-05-06 — Reel 063385/0401

  • Conveyance: Assignment
  • Assignor: Rare Breed Triggers, LLC
  • Assignee: ABC IP, LLC
  • Correspondent: Peter K. Skivington, THE SKIVINGTON LAW FIRM, PLLC, 1800 Rochester Road, STE 3, Henrietta, NY, 14467. This correspondent appears on other tracked patents.
  • Context: Transfer to subsequent assignee / asserting entity

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US10514223
    2018 : Filed by Wolf Tactical LLC
         : Assigned to Wolf Tactical LLC
    2019 : Issued
    2020 : Assigned to Rare Breed Triggers LLC
    2025 : Assigned to ABC IP LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The assignment from Rare Breed Triggers, LLC to ABC IP, LLC (reel 063385/0401, executed 2025-05-02) indicates a transfer to an entity with "IP" in its name, which often suggests a licensing or asserting focus.
2. Known asserter in the chain — present. ABC IP, LLC is identified as a plaintiff in numerous litigation cases involving this patent across various U.S. District Courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. Peter K. Skivington of The Skivington Law Firm appears as the correspondent for both the 2020-06-10 assignment to Rare Breed Triggers, LLC (reel 049339/0815) and the 2025-05-02 assignment to ABC IP, LLC (reel 063385/0401).
4. Cascading transfers — not present. While there are multiple transfers, they are not consecutive within a short (<24 month) period.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While the transfer to ABC IP, LLC occurred in May 2025, and litigation in some district courts began in 2025 and 2026, specific filing dates for all cases are not uniformly available to definitively confirm a transfer within 6 months before the first suit naming this patent. However, the litigation summary indicates a case filed by Rare Breed Triggers Inc. and ABC IP Inc. in the District of Wyoming in January 2026, which is within 6 months of the May 2025 assignment to ABC IP, LLC.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No evidence in the patent record suggests a bankruptcy-related transfer.
7. Privateering — unclear. While ABC IP, LLC is an asserting entity and Rare Breed Triggers, LLC was a prior owner and co-plaintiff, specific evidence of a privateering agreement (where Rare Breed Triggers retained an interest in the assertion) is not available from the provided patent text or public records.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain terminates with an asserting entity (ABC IP, LLC), not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. This verdict is supported by the transfer of the patent to ABC IP, LLC (reel 063385/0401, executed 2025-05-02), an entity specifically identified as a plaintiff in extensive patent infringement litigation. The repeated appearance of Peter K. Skivington as correspondent for multiple assignments (reel 049339/0815 and 063385/0401) is also a strong indicator of a consistent strategy involving patent assertion. Additionally, the timing of the transfer to ABC IP, LLC appears to align with the commencement of some litigation actions.

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