Patent 7949068

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 (4)

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

2008-10-16 · recorded 2010-02-05 · reel 023907/0505 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C.
internal reorg
2011-07-18 · recorded 2011-07-22 · reel 026637/0603 · MERGER
XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C.INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
acquisition
2024-10-10 · reel 068866/0534 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 199 LLC
Correspondent: · INTELLECTUAL VENTURES MANAGEMENT
internal reorg
2024-10-15 · recorded 2024-10-16 · reel 068918/0916 · ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 199 LLC INTEGRAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Correspondent: · SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER
transfer-to-asserter

Assignment history

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Inventors

Mark A Webster (Employer not determinable from patent text at time of filing)
Deniz Rende (Employer not determinable from patent text at time of filing)
Jim E. Petranovich (Employer not determinable from patent text at time of filing)

Original assignee

The original assignee listed on the patent is Xocyst Transfer AG LLC. Their primary line of business is not explicitly stated in the patent, but the name "Transfer AG LLC" suggests a vehicle for intellectual property management rather than product shipment. The patent was originally assigned to XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C. from CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. on 2010-02-05. Conexant Systems, Inc. was a semiconductor company focused on communications solutions. Xocyst Transfer AG LLC appears to have been an intellectual property holding entity. Its current status is likely dissolved or acquired, given the subsequent assignments.

Assignment timeline

2008-10-16 (executed) / recorded 2010-02-05 — Reel 023907/0505
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
- Assignor: CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC.
- Assignee: XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C.
- Correspondent: Conexant Systems, Inc., 4000 MacArthur Blvd., Newport Beach, CA, 92660, US.
- Context: Transfer of patent rights from an operating company to an intellectual property holding entity.
2011-07-18 (executed) / recorded 2011-07-22 — Reel 026637/0603
- Conveyance: MERGER
- Assignor: XOCYST TRANSFER AG L.L.C.
- Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
- Correspondent: Intellectual Ventures, PO Box 3519, Seattle, WA, 98124-3519, US. This correspondent is known to handle recordings for Intellectual Ventures, a prominent NPE.
- Context: Acquisition of Xocyst Transfer AG L.L.C. by Intellectual Ventures I LLC.
2024-10-10 (executed) / recorded 2024-10-10 — Reel 068866/0534
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
- Assignor: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC
- Assignee: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 199 LLC
- Correspondent: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES MANAGEMENT LLC, PO BOX 1435, BELLEVUE, WA, 98009, US. This correspondent is known to handle recordings for Intellectual Ventures.
- Context: Internal reorganization/transfer within the Intellectual Ventures family of entities.
2024-10-15 (executed) / recorded 2024-10-16 — Reel 068918/0916
- Conveyance: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST
- Assignor: INTELLECTUAL VENTURES ASSETS 199 LLC
- Assignee: INTEGRAL WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- Correspondent: SCHWEGMAN LUNDBERG & WOESSNER P.A., P.O. BOX 2938, MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 55402, US.
- Context: Transfer to a likely asserting entity.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 7949068
    2010 : Assigned to Xocyst Transfer AG LLC
    2011 : Acquired by Intellectual Ventures I LLC
    2024 : Transferred to IV Assets 199 LLC
         : Assigned to Integral Wireless Tech LLC
    2026 : Patent expired

NPE / troll-pattern signals

Shell-entity transfer — present.
- 2010-02-05 (Reel 023907/0505): Transfer from Conexant Systems, Inc. to Xocyst Transfer AG L.L.C. The assignee name "Xocyst Transfer AG L.L.C." suggests an IP holding entity.
- 2011-07-22 (Reel 026637/0603): Transfer to Intellectual Ventures I LLC. Intellectual Ventures is a well-known patent licensing firm, fitting the "IP / Ventures" naming pattern.
- 2024-10-10 (Reel 068866/0534): Transfer to Intellectual Ventures Assets 199 LLC. This further reinforces the shell-entity pattern within the IV ecosystem.
- 2024-10-16 (Reel 068918/0916): Transfer to Integral Wireless Technologies LLC. "Technologies LLC" is a common suffix for patent assertion entities, and the numerous litigations associated with this patent family (per Google Patents) strongly suggest a licensing-only business model.
Known asserter in the chain — present.
- 2011-07-22 (Reel 026637/0603): Intellectual Ventures I LLC became the assignee. Intellectual Ventures is a widely recognized patent assertion entity.
- 2024-10-16 (Reel 068918/0916): Integral Wireless Technologies LLC became the assignee. This entity is involved in multiple litigations concerning this patent family as per Google Patents, indicating its role as an asserter.
Repeat correspondent across the chain — present.
- The correspondent for the 2011-07-22 assignment (Reel 026637/0603) and the 2024-10-10 assignment (Reel 068866/0534) is Intellectual Ventures (Intellectual Ventures, PO Box 3519, Seattle, WA, 98124-3519, US, and INTELLECTUAL VENTURES MANAGEMENT LLC, PO BOX 1435, BELLEVUE, WA, 98009, US). This indicates consistent legal representation for Intellectual Ventures' transfers.
Cascading transfers — present.
- There are two consecutive assignments in October 2024: 2024-10-10 (Reel 068866/0534) from Intellectual Ventures I LLC to Intellectual Ventures Assets 199 LLC, followed by 2024-10-16 (Reel 068918/0916) from Intellectual Ventures Assets 199 LLC to Integral Wireless Technologies LLC. These transfers happened within 6 days (execution dates) or 6 days (recording dates), indicating a rapid succession of transfers.
Pre-litigation transfer — present.
- The assignments to Intellectual Ventures Assets 199 LLC and Integral Wireless Technologies LLC occurred in October 2024. Google Patents indicates litigation in the Texas Western District Court (case 7:26-cv-00121), Texas Eastern District Court (cases 2:25-cv-01152 and 2:25-cv-00644), and Florida Southern District Court (case 0:25-cv-62546) with filing dates in 2025 and 2026. The assignment to the current assignee, Integral Wireless Technologies LLC, in October 2024, is within six months of the earliest reported litigation in 2025, suggesting a transfer specifically preceding assertion activities.
Bankruptcy fire-sale — not present. No evidence of bankruptcy proceedings for Conexant Systems, Inc. or Xocyst Transfer AG LLC was found in the patent records or provided context.
Privateering — unclear. While Conexant Systems, Inc. was an operating company, the initial transfer to Xocyst Transfer AG LLC and subsequent acquisition by Intellectual Ventures make it difficult to definitively claim privateering without further investigation into the specific agreements between Conexant and Xocyst/IV.
Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — not present. The current assignee, Integral Wireless Technologies LLC, and its predecessors in the chain (Intellectual Ventures entities) are not defensive aggregators.

Verdict

NPE — high confidence. The presence of multiple strong signals, including transfers to known patent assertion entities (Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Integral Wireless Technologies LLC), cascading transfers in a short timeframe (October 2024), and pre-litigation transfers (assignments in October 2024 preceding 2025/2026 litigation), strongly indicates an NPE assertion pattern. These patterns are clearly documented in the USPTO assignment records (Reel 026637/0603, Reel 068866/0534, Reel 068918/0916) and cross-referenced with Google Patents litigation data.

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