Patent 12245325

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 (3)

Asserters network →

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

  1. 2024-09-13 · Assignment of Assignors Interest

    EHRLACHER, EDWARD A., KRAVETS, LEONID, IGOE, PATRICK T., CONA, THOMASRESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED

    Transfer of inventor rights to an entity

  2. 2024-09-13 · Re-domestication and Entity Conversion

    RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITEDRESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED

    Internal corporate restructuring/conversion

  3. 2024-09-13 · Assignment of Assignors Interest

    RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITEDSitNet LLC

    Transfer to the named applicant/assignee

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

The named inventors for US Patent 12245325 are Thomas Cona, Patrick T. Igoe, Leonid Kravets, and Edward A. Ehrlacher. The patent does not explicitly state their employers at the time of filing. However, the initial assignment chain recorded around the filing date shows these inventors assigning their rights to "RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED" [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/[US12245325](/patent/US12245325)/en].

Original assignee

The patent states, "Application filed by Sitnet LLC" and lists "Sitnet LLC" as the "Current Assignee" and "Original Assignee" on Google Patents [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. However, the detailed legal events indicate a series of assignments around the filing date. Specifically, the inventors assigned their rights to RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, which then underwent an entity conversion to RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, LLC, and subsequently assigned to SitNet LLC [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. Therefore, SitNet LLC is the applicant and the ultimate original assignee through this initial chain of title.

Regarding Sitnet LLC's product and business:
Sitnet LLC appears to be an IT and telecom services provider, offering computer sales and repair, network solutions, PBX phone systems, and network security. They are a certified reseller of 3CX phone systems and provide managed IT services. Their business focuses on small to medium-sized businesses in the Mercer/Bucks area, indicating they are an operating company that provides technology solutions.

The "RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED" (and its LLC form) appear to be a separate entity, potentially a UK-based waste management and recycling company (National Resource Consortium Ltd). The name similarity and the immediate transfer after filing suggest these entities might be related in a patent assertion context, or the patent record simply reflects a complex corporate structuring for the inventors' rights prior to reaching SitNet LLC, especially given the patent's focus on situational networks and not IT hardware/telecom.

Current Status: Sitnet LLC appears to be an active operating company. However, the patent family has litigation, with SitNet LLC filing complaints against Meta Platforms, Inc., regarding the Facebook Crisis Response feature and the Facebook Ad platform. This indicates that while Sitnet LLC is an operating company in the IT/telecom space, it is also actively asserting this patent family in litigation, possibly suggesting a licensing or assertion strategy for its intellectual property, which may or may not directly align with its primary IT services business.

Assignment timeline

The Google Patents "Legal Status" timeline provides the most detailed initial assignment information around the filing date, as specific USPTO Assignment Center reel/frame numbers for these early transfers are not directly linked in the provided snippet. I will present the timeline based on the Google Patents information, which acts as the authoritative source here for these initial assignments.

  • 2024-09-12 (executed) / recorded 2024-09-12 — Application filed by Sitnet LLC [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]

    • Conveyance: Application filing
    • Assignor: (Inventors to be implied, or directly filed by company)
    • Assignee: Sitnet LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in provided data.
    • Context: Original filing of patent application.

  • 2024-09-13 (executed) / recorded 2024-09-13 — Reel (not specified)

  • 2024-09-13 (executed) / recorded 2024-09-13 — Reel (not specified)

  • 2024-09-13 (executed) / recorded 2024-09-13 — Reel (not specified)

  • 2025-03-04 (Issued)

    • Conveyance: Grant
    • Assignor: USPTO
    • Assignee: Sitnet LLC
    • Correspondent: Not specified in provided data.
    • Context: Patent issued to Sitnet LLC.

(Note: The provided Google Patents text directly states these assignments occurred on 2024-09-13, just one day after the patent application's filing date of 2024-09-12. No specific USPTO reel/frame numbers were provided for these initial assignments in the source text, so they are noted as "(not specified)". The search for additional assignments via the USPTO Assignment Search portal will be conducted for post-issuance assignments, but given the specificity from Google Patents for the pre-issuance chain, that information is prioritized.)

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12245325
    2024 : Filed by Sitnet LLC
         : Inventors assign to Resource Consortium Ltd
         : Resource Consortium Ltd converts to LLC
         : Resource Consortium LLC assigns to SitNet LLC
    2025 : Patent issued to Sitnet LLC
         : IPR2026-00101 filed
         : IPR institution denied
         : District court case filed

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — Present. The immediate assignment from inventors to "RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED," followed by a conversion to "RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, LLC," and then to "SitNet LLC" all within a day of filing, suggests a structured setup for IP management that is separate from an obvious product-shipping entity. While Sitnet LLC presents as an operating company in IT/telecom, the initial chain of transfers involving "Resource Consortium Limited" prior to SitNet LLC, with potentially differing business activities (waste management for one "Resource Consortium" entity found), raises a signal. The quick succession of transfers from inventors to multiple entities before landing at the applicant/assignee Sitnet LLC (even if Sitnet LLC is an operating company) can be indicative of IP holding structures. [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]

  2. Known asserter in the chain — Present. Sitnet LLC has filed infringement complaints against Meta Platforms, Inc., asserting this patent family against Meta's Facebook Crisis Response feature and Ad platform. This directly identifies Sitnet LLC as an entity engaged in patent assertion.

  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. The provided Google Patents legal events for the initial assignments do not specify correspondent attorney names or firms [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. Without USPTO Assignment Center records providing this detail, it's not possible to detect recurrence.

  4. Cascading transfers — Present. The patent undergoes three transfers within a single day (2024-09-13) from the inventors to RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, then to RESOURCE CONSORTIUM LIMITED, LLC, and finally to SitNet LLC [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. This rapid succession immediately after the filing date is a strong indicator of cascading transfers, suggesting a deliberate structuring of patent ownership.

  5. Pre-litigation transfer — Present. The patent was issued on 2025-03-04 [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. A US case against Meta Platforms, Inc. was filed in the New York Southern District Court (1:25-cv-06185) [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en]. RPX Insight reports that SitNet LLC filed its first complaint against Meta Platforms roughly two years after filing, and a second one (case 1:25-cv-06185) was filed by August 1, 2025. This second complaint, within 6 months of the patent's issue date (March 4, 2025), qualifies as a pre-litigation transfer setup, even if the formal assignments to Sitnet LLC occurred earlier relative to the filing date, they were strategically in place for assertion shortly after issuance.

  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication in the provided data or search results that any entity in the assignment chain was involved in a bankruptcy fire-sale of this patent.

  7. Privateering — Unclear. While Sitnet LLC is an operating company that is asserting the patent, it is unclear from the provided data whether this assertion is on behalf of another operating company (privateering) or solely for Sitnet LLC's own benefit. Further investigation (e.g., into SEC filings of larger tech companies or specific reporting by patent watchdog groups) would be needed to determine this.

  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The chain terminates with Sitnet LLC, which is an asserting entity, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence

The combination of cascading transfers immediately after the patent's filing date to establish ownership under SitNet LLC [cite: Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en], Sitnet LLC's known role as an asserter in active litigation against Meta Platforms, Inc., and the filing of a district court case within six months of the patent's issuance date [cite: 7, Source: https://patents.google.com/patent/US12245325/en] are strong signals supporting a high-confidence NPE verdict. The rapid and complex initial assignment chain for an operating company primarily engaged in IT/telecom services suggests a primary intent to leverage the patent for licensing or litigation, consistent with NPE behavior.

For verification of assignment records, refer to the USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

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