1
: a person to whom an assignment is made
2
: a person appointed to act for another
3
: a person to whom a right or property is legally transferred
Examples of assignee in a Sentence
you are hereby authorized as my assignee for the duration of the case
Recent Examples on the Web
After all, Qualcomm recently surpassed IBM as the number-two patent assignee in the U.S..
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Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
—al, 22 June 2023
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, assignee.
—Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
The licenses safeguarded Arm's rights and expectations by prohibiting assignment without Arm's consent, regardless of whether a contemplated assignee had its own Arm licenses.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2022
The trust claims to be the assignee of a litigation financing company that was owed millions of dollars by Rittenhouse's first attorney, John Pierce of Los Angeles, and had obtained judgments against him.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022
The company also becomes the assignee of the invention.
—Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
The evolving adversity in the case between principals of the assignor, Penn Dutch, and its assignee, and Von Kahle and company, is unusual, Jeffries said.
—Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
If Lone Star doesn’t receive a minimum cash bid of $13.5 million or doesn’t pay taxes owed on the property, the court will hold a hearing in April to consider approving the sale of the complex to BridgeInvest or its assignee.
—Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, 5 Mar. 2020
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Anshel Sag, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
The data looks at the assignees for both regular utility and design patents and was limited to assignees that received at least 10 patents within the year.
—al, 22 June 2023
Kraft Foods Global Brands LLC, assignee.
—Eunice Liu, Discover Magazine, 7 July 2015
The licenses safeguarded Arm's rights and expectations by prohibiting assignment without Arm's consent, regardless of whether a contemplated assignee had its own Arm licenses.
—Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 1 Sep. 2022
The trust claims to be the assignee of a litigation financing company that was owed millions of dollars by Rittenhouse's first attorney, John Pierce of Los Angeles, and had obtained judgments against him.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Jan. 2022
The company also becomes the assignee of the invention.
—Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
The evolving adversity in the case between principals of the assignor, Penn Dutch, and its assignee, and Von Kahle and company, is unusual, Jeffries said.
—Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Aug. 2020
If Lone Star doesn’t receive a minimum cash bid of $13.5 million or doesn’t pay taxes owed on the property, the court will hold a hearing in April to consider approving the sale of the complex to BridgeInvest or its assignee.
—Madison Iszler, ExpressNews.com, 5 Mar. 2020
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“Assignee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/assignee. Accessed 16 Mar. 2025.
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assignee
noun
as·sign·ee
ˌas-ə-ˈnē 
ˌas-ˌī-,
ə-ˌsī-
: a person to whom something is assigned
Legal Definition
assignee
noun
as·sign·ee
ˌa-sə-ˈnē, ˌa-ˌsī-, ə-ˌsī-
: a person to whom a right or property is transferred
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