ANI Pharmaceuticals (ANIP)

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One theory:

Biosante is listed as assignee of original, or 1st, application. Title to the personal property[the 1st application] was transferred from original owners[the 3 inventors] to Biosante as assignee. Biosante no longer exists as a separate company, but has become part of ANI, as it were. Normally an assignment carries forward to continuing applications filed after parent application.See generally 35 U.S.C. 261. See also 619 F. 3rd 1364(Fed. Cir. 2010) for potentially helpful discussion

Is there documentation existing that requests that the extant assignment in 1st application not be recorded in 2nd application? Or that owner Biosante[now Ani] intends to relinquish that prior assignment, or transfer such to some other entity?

Just some rambling thoughts. Calling that PTO phone no. for an explanation might be useful.