Assignee

Sell my patent with a clean title buyers trust

If you want to sell your patent, start where every buyer starts: the recorded chain of title. Buyers and their counsel check that you are the owner of record, that every inventor assigned to you and that no lien is left open. Assignee shows you the same picture first, so you can fix problems before they cost you the deal or the price.

See your patent the way a buyer will

Trace the owner of any US patent

Enter a granted US patent number like 9,876,543 or its publication number like US9876543B2.

Report

Pick a date to see the changes recorded since then.

Include security interests and releases

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Ownership report

US 9,567,890 B2
  1. Fetching USPTO assignment records
  2. Reading conveyances
  3. Linking assignors to assignees
  4. Checking for gaps and open security interests

Current owner of record

Owner of record

Phinia Jersey Holdings LLC

Recorded on

May 31, 2024

Reel and frame

067592 / 0662

Conveyance

Assignment of assignors interest

Chain of title

Title risk flags

No issues found in this check

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This report shows what is recorded at the USPTO. Assignments that were never recorded do not appear in any public register. It is not legal advice.

What a buyer checks before making an offer

  • That the seller is the owner of record
  • That every inventor assigned their rights and the assignments are recorded
  • That mergers and name changes are recorded as transfers to the seller
  • That there are no unreleased security interests
  • That no part of the patent was already assigned or exclusively licensed
  • That maintenance fees are paid and the patent is in force

How to prepare a patent for sale

  1. 1

    Run a chain of title report on every patent you plan to sell.

  2. 2

    Record any missing inventor assignments and corrective documents.

  3. 3

    Ask former lenders to record releases of old security interests.

  4. 4

    Record mergers and changes of name so the record ends with your current entity.

  5. 5

    Export the clean report for your data room.

  6. 6

    After the sale, the buyer records the assignment, and patent monitoring confirms it went through.

Finding buyers

Patents are sold through brokers, auctions, direct outreach to companies active in the technology and licensing companies that buy portfolios. The patent assignee search shows which companies have been acquiring patents in your field, which is a practical starting list for outreach.

Learn more

Read our step by step guide on how do you sell a patent, and see what drives price in patent valuation.

What Assignee does not do

Assignee shows your recorded title and the problems in it, so you go to buyers prepared.