Not true. The applicant must be disclosed during the application process, but the owner can be legally change without notifying the PTO or updating ownership r

Not true. The applicant must be disclosed during the application process, but the owner can be legally change without notifying the PTO or updating ownership records. Assignments can be registered, but you don't have to register assignments. So Big Tent could theoretically sell the patents to another party and never register the sale with the PTO.