Patent 12321184

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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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

  • Aaron Phillips: Employer not specified in the provided patent text, but is the named inventor.

Original assignee

The original assignee is Sitepro Inc.. The patent describes a system for remotely controlling fluid-handling devices, specifically mentioning applications in oil wells, petro water disposal or re-injection facilities, or petroleum pumping stations. It describes a product that offers robust control and monitoring of geographically distributed fluid-handling devices, potentially lowering operational costs and facilitating petroleum product extraction and fluid processing. Based on the patent's description, Sitepro Inc. appears to be an operating company that shipped a product embodying the claims. Sitepro Inc. is currently an active company according to Google Patents.

Assignment timeline

No assignment records were found for US12321184 on the USPTO Assignment Center.

Timeline diagram

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    title Ownership of US 12321184
    2012 : Priority date
    2024 : Filed by Sitepro Inc
    2025 : Granted to Sitepro Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

  1. Shell-entity transfer — not present. There are no recorded assignments to any shell entities.
  2. Known asserter in the chain — not present. There are no recorded assignments to known NPEs.
  3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — not present. There are no recorded assignments in the chain.
  4. Cascading transfers — not present. There are no recorded assignments.
  5. Pre-litigation transfer — unclear. While there is litigation activity (Texas Northern District Court case 3:25-cv-01446 and Texas Western District Court case 7:25-cv-00266), there are no recorded assignments that can be dated within 6 months of these filings.
  6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No indication of bankruptcy proceedings for Sitepro Inc. or any related transfer.
  7. Privateering — not present. No evidence in the provided patent text or public records to suggest privateering.
  8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The patent has not been assigned to a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Insufficient data. There are no recorded assignments for US12321184 on the USPTO Assignment Center (https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/ or https://assignment.uspto.gov/patent/index.html). While litigation is ongoing, the absence of assignment records means no conclusions can be drawn about NPE activity based on ownership transfers.

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