Assignment history

Inventors

The sole inventor named on US Patent 12529538 is Cameron Smith. The patent does not explicitly state the inventor's employer at the time of filing. However, the original assignee is ABC IP LLC.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is ABC IP LLC. The patent itself describes ABC IP LLC as the "Current Assignee" and "Original Assignee". There is no information within the patent text or readily available public information to suggest that ABC IP LLC ships a product embodying the claims, nor is there a clear primary line of business beyond patent ownership indicated by its name. Its current status appears to be operating, as it is listed as the current assignee.

Assignment timeline

• 2025-11-10 (executed) / recorded 2025-11-10 — Reel 072845/0001
  • Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST
  • Assignor: SMITH, CAMERON
  • Assignee: ABC IP, LLC
  • Correspondent: Not specified in available patent metadata.
  • Context: Transfer of inventor's rights to the original assignee.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12529538
    2024 : Filed by ABC IP LLC
    2025 : Inventor assigns to ABC IP LLC
    2026 : Issued to ABC IP LLC

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. The only recorded assignment is from the inventor to the original assignee, ABC IP, LLC. There is no subsequent transfer from an operating company to a licensing-only LLC recorded.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. ABC IP LLC is not recognized as a known NPE/patent troll from the provided lists (Acacia Research Corp, Marathon Patent Group, Intellectual Ventures, IPNav, Wi-LAN, Mosaid / Conversant, Vringo, Pendrell, Innovatio IP Ventures, MPHJ Technology, Lumen View Technology, Round Rock Research, Document Generation Corp, Erich Spangenberg entities).
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Unclear. The correspondent information for the inventor assignment (Reel 072845/0001) is not specified in the Google Patents legal events, so it cannot be determined if a correspondent recurs or is associated with known NPE activity.
4. Cascading transfers — Not present. There is only one recorded assignment in the chain (Reel 072845/0001).
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Unclear. While there are multiple litigation cases filed in early 2026 citing this patent, the only recorded assignment is dated November 10, 2025 (Reel 072845/0001), from the inventor to the original assignee. This is within 6 months of the publication date (January 20, 2026) and some listed litigation filing dates, but it's an initial assignment, not a transfer to a new entity right before litigation. It's difficult to definitively call this a "pre-litigation transfer" in the sense of transferring to an asserting entity.
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication of the original assignee, ABC IP LLC, being involved in bankruptcy proceedings.
7. Privateering — Not present. There is no evidence suggesting an operating company transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The patent is not currently assigned to a known defensive aggregator such as RPX, Allied Security Trust (AST), LOT Network, Unified Patents, or Open Invention Network.

Verdict

Insufficient data. The only recorded assignment is from the inventor, Cameron Smith, to the original assignee, ABC IP, LLC (Reel 072845/0001, recorded 2025-11-10). Without further assignments or more detailed information on ABC IP, LLC's business activities, it is not possible to confidently classify this as an NPE or operating-company assertion. The correspondent for this assignment is not available in the provided data.

USPTO Assignment Center search page: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/patent/index.html (search for patent number 12529538).