Patent 11916893

Assignment history

Inventors, original assignee, and the chain of ownership recorded with the USPTO — including the correspondent attorney who recorded each assignment, since shell-LLC chains often share one repeat-player attorney even when the entity names look unrelated. Surfaces NPE / patent-troll patterns: shell-entity transfers, known asserters in the chain, repeat correspondent fingerprints, pre-litigation assignments, and bankruptcy fire-sales.

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Ownership chain (4)

Asserters network →

Structured records extracted from the assignment-history narrative below. Each entity links to its full ownership-network profile.

2021-12-10 · reel 059535/0677 · Assignment
John A. Nix M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Correspondent: John W. Boger · Brown & Michaels
transfer-to-asserter
2021-12-10 · recorded 2021-12-13 · reel 059546/0927 · Assignment
M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC John A. Nix
Correspondent: John W. Boger · Brown & Michaels
transfer-to-asserter
2021-12-14 · reel 059550/0270 · Assignment
John A. Nix NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Correspondent: John W. Boger · Brown & Michaels
transfer-to-asserter
2025-09-10 · reel 064971/0681 · Change of Name
NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Correspondent: Scott R. August · Scott R. August
change of name only

Assignment history

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Inventors

John A. Nix (employer unknown at time of filing).

Original assignee

The original assignee listed on the issued patent US11916893B2 is Network 1 Technologies Inc.
Network 1 Technologies Inc. is a publicly traded company that focuses on acquiring, owning, developing, and licensing patents. Their primary line of business is patent monetization rather than shipping products embodying the claims. They are currently operating.

Assignment timeline

2021-12-10 (executed) / recorded 2021-12-10 — Reel 059535/0677
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: John A. Nix
- Assignee: M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Correspondent: John W. Boger, Brown & Michaels, P.C., 400 M & T Bank Building 118 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850.
- Context: Transfer from inventor to an LLC.
2021-12-10 (executed) / recorded 2021-12-13 — Reel 059546/0927
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
- Assignee: John A. Nix
- Correspondent: John W. Boger, Brown & Michaels, P.C., 400 M & T Bank Building 118 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850. This correspondent recurs.
- Context: Transfer from LLC back to inventor.
2021-12-14 (executed) / recorded 2021-12-14 — Reel 059550/0270
- Conveyance: Assignment
- Assignor: John A. Nix
- Assignee: Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
- Correspondent: John W. Boger, Brown & Michaels, P.C., 400 M & T Bank Building 118 N. Tioga St., Ithaca, NY 14850. This correspondent recurs.
- Context: Transfer from inventor to Network-1 Technologies, Inc.
2025-09-10 (executed) / recorded 2025-09-10 — Reel 064971/0681
- Conveyance: Change of Name
- Assignor: NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Assignee: NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
- Correspondent: Scott R. August, PC, 12707 North Fwy, Ste. 614, Houston, TX 77060.
- Context: Change of address for Network-1 Technologies, Inc.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11916893
    2013 : Priority Date
    2021 : Filed
    2021 : Assigned to M2M IoT Technologies LLC
    2021 : Assigned to John A Nix
    2021 : Assigned to Network-1 Technologies Inc
    2024 : Issued
    2025 : Network-1 Technologies address change

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — present. M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC appears to be a licensing-only LLC given the immediate transfer back to the inventor and then to Network-1 Technologies, Inc., a known patent monetization company.
Known asserter in the chain — present. Network-1 Technologies, Inc. is a publicly known patent monetization company (NPE).
Repeat correspondent across the chain — present. John W. Boger of Brown & Michaels, P.C. appears as the correspondent on multiple assignments: from John A. Nix to M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC (Reel 059535/0677), from M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC back to John A. Nix (Reel 059546/0927), and from John A. Nix to Network-1 Technologies, Inc. (Reel 059550/0270).
Cascading transfers — present. The patent was assigned three times within a few days in December 2021 (Reel 059535/0677, Reel 059546/0927, Reel 059550/0270).
Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. The patent was issued in February 2024. While there is litigation recorded in Google Patents, the specific filing date of the first infringement suit naming this patent is not immediately available from the provided data to compare with assignment dates.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. There is no indication of bankruptcy in the assignment records.
Privateering — unclear. While Network-1 Technologies, Inc. is an NPE, the initial transfers suggest a pre-arranged monetization strategy rather than a transfer from an operating company for assertion against competitors on their behalf.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The chain does not end at a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. This verdict is supported by the presence of a known patent monetization entity (Network-1 Technologies, Inc.) in the assignment chain, the rapid cascading transfers between the inventor and M2M AND IOT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC in December 2021 (Reel 059535/0677, Reel 059546/0927, Reel 059550/0270), and the recurrence of the same correspondent attorney for these initial transfers.

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