Assignment history

Inventors

• Sean McKirdy: Employer not determinable from the patent text. The original assignee is listed as "Individual", suggesting Sean McKirdy was self-employed or acting in an individual capacity at the time of filing.

Original assignee

The entity named as the original assignee on the issued patent is Individual, referring to the inventor, Sean McKirdy. As an individual inventor, they do not typically ship products embodying the claims. Their primary line of business was invention and development related to the patent's subject matter. The individual subsequently assigned the patent rights, so they are no longer the current assignee.

Assignment timeline

• 2025-10-31 (executed) / recorded 2025-11-06 — Reel 062752/0146
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
  • Assignor: MCKIRDY, SEAN
  • Assignee: ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
  • Correspondent: BRENTON A. PALMER, ESQ., THE LAW OFFICE OF BRENT PALMER LLC, 502 E. JOHN CARPENTER FWY., SUITE 500, IRVING, TX 75062.
  • Context: Transfer of patent rights from the individual inventor to an asserting entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11664123
    2021 : Filed by Sean McKirdy Individual
    2023 : Issued to Sean McKirdy Individual
    2025 : Assigned to ISCAN2D Technologies LLC
         : First infringement suit filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — present. The patent was transferred from the individual inventor (Sean McKirdy) to "ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC" (Reel 062752/0146, executed 2025-10-31 / recorded 2025-11-06). The assignee's name, "Technologies, LLC," often indicates a licensing-focused entity, and its involvement in litigation (as noted in the litigation summary) supports this.
2. Known asserter in the chain — present. iScan2D Technologies, LLC is identified as the plaintiff in the Western District of Texas litigation (Case 1:25-cv-01794), actively asserting the patent against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.)
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present (in this chain). Brenton A. Palmer, Esq. is the correspondent for the single assignment recorded for this patent (Reel 062752/0146). While this attorney may represent multiple asserting entities, their recurrence within this specific patent's assignment chain cannot be confirmed from the provided data.
4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is recorded in the chain.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The assignment from Sean McKirdy to ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC was executed on 2025-10-31 and recorded on 2025-11-06 (Reel 062752/0146). The first infringement suit by iScan2D Technologies, LLC against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.) was filed just seven days later, on 2025-11-07. This tight timeframe strongly indicates the transfer was arranged to enable assertion.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of the original assignee undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.
7. Privateering — unclear. While ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is asserting the patent, there is no explicit information linking this assertion back to a specific operating company's strategic interests against its competitors.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not terminate at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

This verdict is based on the strong signals of a shell-entity transfer from the individual inventor to ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Reel 062752/0146) and the immediate pre-litigation timing of this transfer (executed 2025-10-31 / recorded 2025-11-06, with litigation filed on 2025-11-07). Furthermore, ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC is actively asserting the patent, confirming its role as a patent assertion entity.

Verification: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ (search for patent number 11664123).