Terms of Service

Assignee is a web service that shows ownership information about US patents and patent applications based on public records of the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It includes owner lookup, chain of title reports, title risk flags, assignee search, monitoring and alerts, exports and, on some plans, team features and an API.

You must be at least 18 and able to enter a binding contract. You provide a valid email address, confirm it with the code we send and keep your password secure. You are responsible for activity under your account and for the people you invite to your team. Tell us at support@assignee.io if you suspect unauthorized access.

• Assignee is sold as a subscription. Plans and prices are shown on the pricing page in US dollars.
• You can pay monthly or yearly. A yearly plan is paid up front for twelve months.
• Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period until you cancel.
• Taxes are added where the law requires them.
• If a payment fails, we may suspend paid features until the payment succeeds.
• We may change prices for future billing periods. We tell you by email at least 30 days before a change applies to you.

4. Upgrades, downgrades and cancellation

You can upgrade at any time and the difference is prorated. A downgrade applies from the next billing period. You can cancel at any time in your account settings. After you cancel, the plan stays active until the end of the period you paid for and does not renew. Fees already paid are not refunded, except where the law requires a refund.

Each plan includes a number of seats, chain of title reports per month and patents in monitoring, as shown on the pricing page. Unused reports do not carry over to the next month. Enterprise limits are set in your agreement.

• Do not share your login with people outside your seats.
• Do not resell, republish or redistribute reports or data in bulk as a competing service.
• Do not scrape the service or exceed API limits.
• Do not try to break, probe or overload the service or bypass its security.
• Do not use the service to harass the people named in public records.

Reports reflect documents recorded at the USPTO at the time of the report. The USPTO records documents without checking whether they are valid, and transfers that were never recorded do not appear. Assignee does not guarantee that the owner of record is the true owner of a patent, that a patent is valid or enforceable, or that a chain of title is complete. Assignee does not provide legal advice. Have a qualified attorney review any decision about litigation, licensing, financing or a transaction.

Your saved matters, notes and monitoring lists remain yours. You give us permission to process them only to provide the service. The software, design and compilation of the service belong to Assignee. Public records remain public.

The service is provided as is and as available. To the extent the law allows, we disclaim implied warranties, and our total liability for any claim related to the service is limited to the fees you paid for the service in the twelve months before the claim. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits or lost data. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms or puts the service or other users at risk. Where possible we warn you first. You can close your account at any time.

We may update these terms. We update the date at the top and, for significant changes, notify account holders by email before they apply. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.

Questions about these terms go to support@assignee.io.