Field Name: Current Assignee
Definition: Current Assignee is the entity that is the current assignee of a patent or another entity. The Current Assignee can be found on the line of a patent document labeled “Assignee.”
Tooltip definition of the predicate: Current assignee of a patent or another entity.
Type of value (one of the following): entity
Number of accepted values (one of the following): single
Constraints: Only applies when Subject has the “Is a” value “Patent”
Citation Required?: Yes.
Examples of proper use:
- ‘US Patent 10326768 Access control for enterprise knowledge’ ‘Current Assignee’ is ‘Google’ - Citation: Patent Public Search | USPTO
Examples of improper use:
- ‘US Patent 10326768 Access control for enterprise knowledge’ ‘Current Assignee’ is ‘Kevin Bechtel’ is incorrect as it is the primary patent examiner assigned to the patent. This field refers to the assignee of the patent itself. Citation: Patent Public Search | USPTO
Usage in other schemas: n/a