[Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
David Boundy
davidboundyesq at gmail.com
Fri Sep 19 13:16:18 UTC 2025
Generally not, but depends on state and corporate form. Delaware,
California, and I assume most other states, allow officers of a dissolved
corporation to execute papers for wind-up and disposition of assets. I am
not licensed to opine on any state other than New York and Massachusetts,
so dont believe me.
On Fri, Sep 19, 2025, 8:06 AM Dale Quisenberry via Patentpractice <
patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
> Did you reinstate LLC1 first?
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> Once that is done, is it necessary to first assign to LLC1?
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> *From: *Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on
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> *Date: *Friday, 19 September 2025 at 12:34 am
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> *Cc: *Scott Nielson <scnielson at outlook.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
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> I encountered a similar situation where the inventor initially created
> LLC1 with the intention of assigning the ownership of a provisional patent
> application to LLC1. LLC1 was listed as the applicant in the provisional
> application on an obligation-to-assign basis. However, the inventor did not
> assign ownership to LLC1 and subsequently dissolved LLC1, creating Corp1
> instead. The inventor mentioned that it was merely a name change, which is
> inaccurate. Now, we need to file U.S. and PCT applications claiming the
> benefit of the provisional.
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> My solution is to have the inventor sign an assignment to Corp1 on behalf
> of both the inventor and LLC1, as the inventor was the sole member and
> manager of LLC1.
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> *Scott Nielson*
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> *Sent:* Thursday, September 18, 2025 6:54 AM
> *To:* Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>; Tim Ackermann <
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> laypersons to seek legal advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Charlene L. Odom <COdom at maynardnexsen.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
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> No there is only one inventor… see example below
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> Charlene Odom is the sole inventor and owns
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> CLO inc. but never assigned to CLO inc. CLO inc is now dissolved and I
> have a new company with a 50 percent ownership called CLO Intellectual
> Property Holding Company LLC.
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> Can I sign the assignment as the inventor and co-owner or will both owners
> of the new company have to sign?
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> *From:* Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday,
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> September 17, 2025 11:09 PM
> *To:* Tim Ackermann <tim at ackermannlaw.com>; For patent practitioners.
> This is not for laypersons to seek legal advice. <
> patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc:* Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>; Charlene L. Odom <
> COdom at maynardnexsen.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
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> Correct. Perhaps there was an employment agreement that not only said I
> agree to assign but I hereby assign.
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> The risk is that if the patent is assigned to the holding company, and
> then files a lawsuit for patent infringement, and then the defendant
> uncovers the relevant facts during discovery and moves to dismiss for lack
> of standing / subject matter jurisdiction.
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> Do the necessary investigation now and find out what the facts are.
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> C. Dale Quisenberry
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> Quisenberry Law PLLC
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> *From: *Tim Ackermann <tim at ackermannlaw.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at 8:07 pm
> *To: *For patent practitioners. This is not for laypersons to seek legal
> advice. <patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Cc: *Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>, Randall Svihla <
> rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>, Charlene L. Odom <COdom at maynardnexsen.com>
> *Subject: *Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
>
> Randall, isn't it possible the inventor had an obligation to assign?
>
> And, if so, perhaps the subsequent owner of the assets of the dissolved
> company could enforce that obligation?
>
> Tim Ackermann
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> On Wed, Sep 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM Randall Svihla via Patentpractice <
> patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com> wrote:
>
> I think the dissolved entity may be irrelevant. The inventor never
> assigned his rights in the invention to the dissolved company, so he still
> owns his right in the invention and can assign it to the new company.
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Dale Quisenberry <dale at quisenberrylaw.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2025 8:29 PM
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> *Cc:* Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>; Charlene L. Odom <
> COdom at maynardnexsen.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Patent Assignment question
>
>
>
> Right.
>
>
>
> Need to consult applicable state law, including corporate law, and consult
> counsel in that state.
>
>
>
> The dissolved corporation would likely need to be reinstated first before
> it would have the capacity to enter into any corporate act, contract, etc.
> But again, consult counsel in the relevant state.
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> Is there any agreement or obligation on the part of the inventor to assign
> to the dissolved entity?
>
>
>
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> *From: *Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> on
> behalf of Randall Svihla via Patentpractice <
> patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com>
> *Date: *Wednesday, 17 September 2025 at 7:20 pm
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> *Cc: *Randall Svihla <rsvihla at nsiplaw.com>, Charlene L. Odom <
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> *Subject: *Re: [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
>
> Who is going to sign on behalf of the dissolved company?
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* Patentpractice <patentpractice-bounces at oppedahl-lists.com> *On
> Behalf Of *Charlene L. Odom via Patentpractice
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 17, 2025 6:45 PM
> *To:* patentpractice at oppedahl-lists.com
> *Cc:* Charlene L. Odom <COdom at maynardnexsen.com>
> *Subject:* [Patentpractice] Patent Assignment question
>
>
>
> We are currently handling a matter involving a patent application that was
> originally filed under a company that has since been dissolved. However,
> prior to the dissolution, the inventor did not execute the assignment of
> rights to the original company.
>
>
>
> To ensure proper chain of title, we would like to confirm the appropriate
> course of action. Specifically, should the inventor now execute the
> assignment to the dissolved entity, followed by a subsequent assignment
> from the dissolved entity to the current holding company? Or would it be
> more appropriate for the inventor to assign the rights directly to the
> holding company?
>
>
>
> We want to ensure that the assignment record is clear and compliant with
> USPTO requirements.
>
>
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