ST Case1Tech, LLC

Company overview. ST Case1Tech, LLC is a private patent-holding entity affiliated with Staton Techiya, LLC, used as an assignee/asset-holding vehicle for part of the Staton ear-worn-audio patent estate. The Staton family of entities includes ST CasesTech, ST R&Dtech, ST FamTech, ST VRtech, ST Portfolio Holdings, DM Staton Family LP and The Diablo Canyon Collective. Staton Techiya was formed in Delaware in June 2017; court and SEC records give a Delray Beach, Florida address, and Daniel Staton is identified as its controlling principal. Employee count and revenue are not publicly disclosed; Staton Techiya filed Reg D exempt offerings (2020, 2023) and declined to disclose revenue.

Products / services. No operating business — it neither manufactures nor sells products and has no disclosed R&D organization of note. It is a licensor/assertion vehicle holding patents in ear-worn technology: voice-activity detection, always-on recording, in-ear echo suppression, acoustic sealing analysis, personalized sound management, ambient awareness and related dosimetry. The portfolio traces to Personics Holdings (founder/CEO Steve Goldstein) through DM Staton Family Limited Partnership; RPX reported Staton Techiya's holdings exceeded 220 issued US patents.

Patent-litigation posture. Exclusively plaintiff/appellant side; zero defendant cases tracked. The single tracked matter, ST Case1Tech, LLC v. Squires, is a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit appeal from Patent Trial and Appeal Board inter partes reviews of U.S. Patents 8,111,839, 9,124,982, 9,270,244, 9,491,542 and 9,609,424 (Samsung as petitioner; the USPTO Director intervened after Samsung withdrew). ST Case1Tech was substituted for Staton Techiya as appellant in mid-2025.

Notable cases / context. The underlying campaign was Staton Techiya's infringement suits against Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas (2:23-cv-00319) and Harman entities in Delaware (1:23-cv-00801/00802); the Harman case was dismissed in December 2024 and the Samsung action stayed pending IPR. Staton Techiya has disclosed third-party litigation funding from PurpleVine IP Operating (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. and an earlier partnership with Synergy IP. Facts not verifiable from public sources are omitted.