Assignment history

Inventors

The named inventors are David P. Maher, Prasad Khambete, Prasad Sanagavarapu, Sanjeev Tenneti, and Laurent Grandhomme. The initial assignment of interest was from the inventors to Intertrust Technologies Corporation, executed on March 7, 2023. This is a standard arrangement where employees assign invention rights to their employer, suggesting the inventors were employed by Intertrust at the time the application was filed. There are no unusual patterns, such as mass departures, indicated in the record.

Original assignee

The original assignee of record is Intertrust Technologies Corp. Intertrust is a well-established technology company specializing in Digital Rights Management (DRM) and secure computing technologies. The company has developed and commercialized products and services in this field, and the subject matter of the patent aligns directly with its primary line of business. Intertrust is an operating company with a long history of both technology development and patent licensing and litigation.

Assignment timeline

• 2023-03-07 (executed) / recorded 2023-03-07 — Reel 061214/0833

  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: David P. Maher, Prasad Khambete, Prasad Sanagavarapu, Sanjeev Tenneti, Laurent Grandhomme
  • Assignee: Intertrust Technologies Corporation
  • Correspondent: William F. Heinze, K&L Gates LLP, State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA, 02111
  • Context: This is the initial assignment from the inventors to their employer, perfecting the employer's ownership rights.

• 2025-05-27 (executed) / recorded 2025-05-28 — Reel 068735/0500

  • Conveyance: Patent Assignment
  • Assignor: Intertrust Technologies Corporation
  • Assignee: Innovation Technologies Partners LP
  • Correspondent: Russ, August & Kabat, 12424 Wilshire Blvd 12th Fl, Los Angeles, CA, 90025
  • Context: Transfer from the original operating company to an entity that appears to be a special-purpose vehicle for patent assertion.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12125070
    2009 : Earliest priority application filed
    2023 : Inventors assign to Intertrust Tech
    2024 : Patent Issued
    2025 : Intertrust assigns to Innovation Tech LP

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. Per Reel 068735/0500, the patent was transferred on May 27, 2025, from an operating company (Intertrust Technologies Corporation) to Innovation Technologies Partners LP. The name suffix "LP" (Limited Partnership) and the generic "Innovation Technologies" name are characteristic of a non-operating, patent-holding entity. Furthermore, the correspondent of record is a well-known patent litigation law firm (Russ, August & Kabat), not an in-house counsel, which is typical for such entities.

2. Known asserter in the chain — Present. The current assignee, Innovation Technologies Partners LP, is a known patent asserter. As noted in the litigation summary, this entity filed a lawsuit against Hulu in November 2025 alleging infringement of patents related to similar technologies. This confirms the assignee is actively engaged in litigation as a plaintiff.

3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Not present. The two recorded assignments use different correspondents, which is expected as the first was an internal transfer and the second was a sale to an external entity.

4. Cascading transfers — Not present. The record shows only a single transfer from the original operating company to the current assignee.

5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. The assignment to Innovation Technologies Partners LP was executed on May 27, 2025. While this specific patent has not yet been named in a suit, the assignee initiated litigation involving other patents approximately six months later in November 2025. This timing is highly suggestive that the transfer was made in preparation for a broader assertion campaign.

6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. The assignor, Intertrust, remains an active operating company.

7. Privateering — Unclear. The transfer from an operating company (Intertrust) to an assertion entity (Innovation Technologies Partners LP) could be a privateering arrangement where Intertrust retains a financial interest in the outcome of litigation. However, there is no direct public evidence of such a relationship in the assignment record itself.

8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain of title does not involve any known defensive aggregators.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The verdict is based on two strong, unambiguous signals. First, the patent was transferred from its original creator, an operating company, to an entity with the characteristics of a non-operating patent-holding company (Reel 068735/0500). Second, this assignee, Innovation Technologies Partners LP, is a known and active patent asserter, having filed infringement lawsuits against other companies in the technology sector. This chain of title represents a classic pattern of an operating company's patents being acquired by an entity for the primary purpose of monetization through litigation.

A complete record of these assignments can be viewed at the USPTO Patent Assignment Search page for US 12,125,070.