Patent 12230394

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 (1)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2025-11-06 · reel 067204/0046 · Assignment of Assignor's Interest

    MCKIRDY, SEAN, MR.ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC

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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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Inventors

Original assignee

The original assignee on the issued patent US12230394B2 is "Individual" [cite: The Google Patents page for US12230394B2 lists "Individual" as the Original Assignee.]. However, Google Patents also states that the patent was "Assigned to ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC" on 2025-11-06 [cite: The Google Patents page for US12230394B2 lists "ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC" as the Current Assignee and notes an assignment event on 2025-11-06.].

iScan2D Technologies LLC specializes in IP development and related software for commercialization and licensing in health and wellness markets, including workout tracking and capturing health kiosk biometric data using mobile devices. Their products appear to be intellectual property and software rather than physical goods. iScan2D Technologies LLC is an operating company in the sense that they develop IP and engage in licensing. They are currently active, as evidenced by ongoing litigation.

Assignment timeline

  • 2025-11-06 (executed) / recorded 2025-11-06 - Reel 067204/0046
    • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignor's Interest
    • Assignor: MCKIRDY, SEAN, MR.
    • Assignee: ISCAN2D TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in available snippets.
    • Context: Transfer from individual inventor to an LLC.

Note: A search of the USPTO Assignment Center for US12230394 (patent number) did not yield direct results in the provided snippets. However, the Google Patents page explicitly states an assignment to Iscan2d Technologies LLC. The provided reel/frame is from Google Patents and may refer to the underlying application or a different patent in the family. For the purpose of this analysis, we are relying on the Google Patents record for this specific assignment event.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 12230394
    2023 : Filed by Individual
    2025 : Granted
    2025 : Assigned to ISCAN2D Technologies LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — unclear. While iScan2D Technologies LLC specializes in IP development and licensing, implying an IP-centric business model, there is no explicit evidence in the provided information that it is a shell entity without physical products in commerce, or that its address is a registered-agent service.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — present. iScan2D Technologies, LLC has filed a lawsuit against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.) in the Western District of Texas (1:25-cv-01794). This indicates that iScan2D Technologies, LLC is an asserting entity. The named inventor, Sean McKirdy, has also been named as an inventor on patents asserted in earlier health-tracking litigation filed by Fitistics, LLC.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — unclear. The correspondent for the assignment from Sean McKirdy to Iscan2d Technologies LLC is not specified in the provided information.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. Only one assignment is explicitly identified from the inventor to Iscan2d Technologies LLC.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — present. The assignment to iScan2D Technologies, LLC occurred on November 6, 2025 [cite: The Google Patents page for US12230394B2 indicates the assignment to Iscan2d Technologies LLC occurred on 2025-11-06.], and iScan2D Technologies, LLC filed a complaint against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.) on November 7, 2025, which is within a month of the assignment. This suggests the transfer was made in anticipation of litigation.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No information suggests the original assignee (individual) or Iscan2d Technologies LLC has filed for bankruptcy.
  7. Privateering — unclear. While the company asserts patents, there is no explicit information detailing if this is on behalf of another operating company.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee is an asserting entity, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The high confidence verdict is driven by iScan2D Technologies, LLC being a known asserter (as confirmed by the litigation against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.)) and the clear pre-litigation transfer signal. The patent was assigned to iScan2D Technologies, LLC on November 6, 2025, and a lawsuit was filed against [Apple Inc.](/litigations/by-plaintiff/Apple%20Inc.) on November 7, 2025 [cite: The Google Patents page for US12230394B2 indicates the assignment to Iscan2d Technologies LLC occurred on 2025-11-06; 7], indicating the transfer was directly preceding assertion. The company's focus on "IP development and related software for commercialization and licensing" further supports this.

Verification can be done through the USPTO Assignment Center by searching for patent number 12230394 at https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/.

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