Assignment history

Inventors

• Jacob Reinier Maat: Perceptive Automata Inc.
• Samuel English Anthony: Perceptive Automata Inc.

No unusual patterns, such as inventors departing within 12 months of filing, are noted based on the provided information. The inventors assigned their interest to the original assignee, Perceptive Automata Inc., on the filing date.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is Perceptive Automata Inc.

Their primary line of business, as described in the patent, involves developing "probabilistic neural networks for predicting hidden context of traffic entities for autonomous vehicles." This indicates they were an operating company focused on software and AI for autonomous vehicles.

Perceptive Automata Inc. transferred its interest in the patent to Perceptive Automata LLC in February 2025. Its current operational status (e.g., operating, acquired, dissolved) is not explicitly stated beyond this transfer, but it no longer holds ownership of this patent.

Assignment timeline

• 2020-02-06 (executed) / recorded 2020-07-22 — Reel 057396/0200

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: ANTHONY, SAMUEL ENGLISH MAAT, JACOB REINIER
  • Assignee: PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA, INC.
  • Correspondent: BRENTON R. BABCOCK, MINTZ, LEVIN, COHN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C., BOSTON, MA.
  • Context: Assignment of patent rights from the inventors to the original corporate assignee.

• 2021-03-29 (executed) / recorded 2021-04-01 — Reel 058097/0127

  • Conveyance: SECURITY AGREEMENT
  • Assignor: PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA, INC.
  • Assignee: AVENUE VENTURE OPPORTUNITIES FUND, LP
  • Correspondent: JOHN M. HAN, GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN, LLP, REDWOOD CITY, CA.
  • Context: Securitization of the patent as collateral for financing.

• 2025-02-14 (executed) / recorded 2025-02-19 — Reel 063852/0115

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA, INC.
  • Assignee: PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA LLC
  • Correspondent: ALLAN SHEN, GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN, LLP, SAN FRANCISCO, CA. This firm recurs as correspondent in this chain.
  • Context: Transfer of patent rights between entities with similar names, likely a corporate restructuring.

• 2025-03-18 (executed) / recorded 2025-03-25 — Reel 063908/0770

  • Conveyance: PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT
  • Assignor: PERCEPTIVE AUTOMATA LLC
  • Assignee: PICCADILLY PATENT FUNDING LLC, AS SECURITY HOLDER
  • Correspondent: RAUL SAAVEDRA, PICCADILLY GROUP LLC, WILMINGTON, DE.
  • Context: Securitization of the patent as collateral for financing.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11467579
    2020 : Inventors assign to Perceptive Automata Inc
    2021 : Perceptive Automata Inc grants security interest
    2022 : Patent Issued
    2025 : Perceptive Automata Inc to Perceptive Automata LLC
         : Perceptive Automata LLC grants security interest
         : Litigation filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The patent was transferred from Perceptive Automata Inc. to Perceptive Automata LLC on 2025-02-14 (Reel 063852/0115). Perceptive Automata LLC is identified as an NPE (Non-Practicing Entity) by Unified Patents, indicating it functions as a licensing-only entity.
2. Known asserter in the chain — present. Perceptive Automata LLC, the current assignee (as of 2025-02-14, Reel 063852/0115), is identified as a petitioner/patent owner in a PTAB case (IPR2025-01576) by "Unified Patents PTAB Data", which tracks NPE activity.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. The law firm GUNDERSON DETTMER STOUGH VILLENEUVE FRANKLIN & HACHIGIAN, LLP appears as correspondent for two transactions (2021-04-01, Reel 058097/0127 and 2025-02-19, Reel 063852/0115) with different attorneys. While the firm recurs, its involvement is in security agreements and an internal corporate transfer, rather than recurring transfers to distinct asserting entities, making it an unclear signal for an NPE pattern in this specific context.
4. Cascading transfers — present. There are two transfers recorded in close succession in 2025: an assignment from Perceptive Automata Inc. to Perceptive Automata LLC on 2025-02-14 (recorded 2025-02-19, Reel 063852/0115) followed by a patent security agreement granted by Perceptive Automata LLC to Piccadilly Patent Funding LLC on 2025-03-18 (recorded 2025-03-25, Reel 063908/0770). These occurred within approximately one month.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The assignment of the patent to Perceptive Automata LLC occurred on 2025-02-14 (recorded 2025-02-19, Reel 063852/0115). Subsequently, litigation cases (IPR2025-01576, 7:25-cv-00594, 2:25-cv-00742) were filed in 2025, indicating that the transfer preceded the assertion activities.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No evidence of bankruptcy proceedings for the original assignee is available in the provided text.
7. Privateering — unclear. The provided information does not contain details to determine if Perceptive Automata LLC is asserting patents on behalf of another operating company.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee, Perceptive Automata LLC, is engaged in patent litigation as the patent owner, indicating an asserting rather than defensive role.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

This verdict is driven by multiple strong signals: the transfer from an operating entity (Perceptive Automata Inc.) to an LLC (Perceptive Automata LLC) identified as a known NPE by Unified Patents, the cascading transfers in early 2025, and the clear timing of these transfers directly preceding the initiation of litigation in 2025. These events collectively demonstrate a pattern consistent with patent assertion by a non-practicing entity.

USPTO Assignment Center search page for verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (Search for patent number 11467579).