OK, I lied, one more post.
I would not think the US patent office would care about the rest of the world. Those transfers would be filed with the specific patent offices. If there is eleven pages then there is probably more there then just the interest in the infringement. My problem is the way it posted.
I used to search title offices for real estate so my knowledge is based on that and not on patent filings, but when a property transferred that was encumbered by a mortgage there were two filings, one was a release and the other was the transfer. The could be part of the same document, but they were listed (at least in the office I worked with) as two separate entries. It made it clear who had an interest without having to pull every singe transfer and read the entire thing. If it was not clear, then a quitclaim was required from whomever might still have an interest.
Again, real estate is different and can very from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, so who knows what, if any, of the theory even applies in this situation.
