Assignment history

Inventors

• James A. Proctor, Jr.
• James Arthur Proctor, III

It is unclear if the inventors were employed by Proxicom Wireless LLC at the time of the original application filing on 2023-06-01. A recorded assignment dated 2025-05-01 (Reel 064379/0471) shows the individual inventors assigning their interest to Proxicom Wireless LLC, which occurred after Proxicom had already assigned the patent to another entity. This suggests a later perfection of title.

Original assignee

Proxicom Wireless LLC. There is no readily available evidence that Proxicom Wireless LLC has shipped a product embodying the claims of US11995685. Their primary line of business appears to be intellectual property management and licensing. Their current status is active, based on their participation in the recorded assignment chain.

Assignment timeline

• 2024-04-09 (executed) / recorded 2024-04-10 — Reel 062835/0074

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: PROXICOM WIRELESS LLC
  • Assignee: SECURE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • Correspondent: BRENT D. LANDERS, LANDERS & PARTNERS, PLLC, 4532 WESTCHESTER SQUARE, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: Transfer of patent rights to a likely patent assertion entity.

• 2025-05-01 (executed) / recorded 2025-05-02 — Reel 064379/0471

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: PROCTOR, JAMES ARTHUR, III; PROCTOR, JAMES A, JR
  • Assignee: PROXICOM WIRELESS LLC
  • Correspondent: MARK A. OLSON, MARK A. OLSON P.C., 8180 N 103RD AVE SUITE 1085, PEORIA, AZ 85345.
  • Context: Perfection of title from the individual inventors to the original assignee.

• 2025-07-14 (executed) / recorded 2025-07-15 — Reel 064619/0430

  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT
  • Assignor: PROXICOM WIRELESS LLC
  • Assignee: SECURE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • Correspondent: BRENT D. LANDERS, LANDERS & PARTNERS, PLLC, 4532 WESTCHESTER SQUARE, FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72704. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: Re-transfer of patent rights to the patent assertion entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 11995685
    2023 : Application filed by Proxicom Wireless
    2024 : Issued
         : Assigned to Secure Communication
    2025 : Inventors assign to Proxicom
         : Reassigned to Secure Communication

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. Proxicom Wireless LLC and Secure Communication Technologies LLC do not appear to have commercial products embodying the claims and primarily engage in patent-related activities, which is characteristic of shell entities used for licensing or assertion. [cite: Reel 062835/0074, Reel 064619/0430]
2. Known asserter in the chain — Unclear. Neither Proxicom Wireless LLC nor Secure Communication Technologies LLC are explicitly listed among common public NPE lists. However, Google Patents indicates active litigation related to this patent, including a PTAB IPR (IPR2026-00098) and a US district court case in Texas Western District Court (1:25-cv-01579), suggesting active assertion by the current assignee.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. Brent D. Landers of Landers & Partners, PLLC, is the correspondent of record for two assignments: Reel 062835/0074 (2024-04-10) and Reel 064619/0430 (2025-07-15). Both involve Secure Communication Technologies LLC as the assignee, indicating a consistent legal representative for the asserting entity. [cite: Reel 062835/0074, Reel 064619/0430]
4. Cascading transfers — Present. There are three assignments recorded within a 15-month period (April 2024 to July 2025). The pattern involves a transfer from Proxicom Wireless LLC to Secure Communication Technologies LLC, followed by an inventor assignment to Proxicom Wireless LLC, and then a re-transfer from Proxicom Wireless LLC back to Secure Communication Technologies LLC. This rapid sequence of transfers, particularly with the same correspondent for the transfers involving Secure Communication, suggests an orchestrated strategy. [cite: Reel 062835/0074, Reel 064379/0471, Reel 064619/0430]
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Present. The last assignment to Secure Communication Technologies LLC was recorded on 2025-07-15 (Reel 064619/0430). Google Patents indicates a US district court case was filed in 2025 (case 1:25-cv-01579), which suggests the assignment occurred within months of the litigation filing. [cite: Reel 064619/0430, 1]
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. No evidence suggests any entity in the chain underwent bankruptcy proceedings.
7. Privateering — Unclear. There is no public information or SEC filings available to suggest that an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf against competitors.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, Secure Communication Technologies LLC, is not a known defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The presence of shell-entity transfers, cascading transfers within a short timeframe (15 months), and a repeat correspondent for the transfers involving Secure Communication Technologies LLC strongly indicate an NPE assertion strategy. The recorded litigation further confirms active assertion of this patent in district court and PTAB. [cite: Reel 062835/0074, Reel 064379/0471, Reel 064619/0430, 1]

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