US 12143424

US Patent 12143424 (US12143424B1), titled "Rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using the distributed computational graph," was invented by Jason Crabtree and Andrew Sellers. The application was filed on July 21, 2024, and the patent was issued on November 12, 2024.

The current assignee of record is QOMPLX LLC. The patent's assignment history indicates reassignments from Qomplx Inc to Fractal Industries, Inc., QOMPLX, INC., QPX LLC, and subsequently to QOMPLX LLC.

Abstract:
The patent describes a system designed for the predictive analysis of very large data sets utilizing a distributed computational graph. This system incorporates data receipt software for receiving streaming data from various sources. It includes a batch data pathway where data formalization software prepares input data for storage, and a batch event analysis server that examines stored data for trends, situations, or knowledge. Aggregated data is then relayed to message handler software. A system sanity software module monitors status information from the message handler to optimize system performance. Concurrently, a streaming pathway features transformation pipeline software that processes the data stream, provides results back to the system, and receives directives for modification from the system sanity and retrain software.

Independent Claims Overview:
The numbered claims for US12143424 are not available in the provided patent text, therefore a plain-language overview of the independent claims cannot be provided.

Litigation Status:
As of April 26, 2026, an Inter Partes Review (IPR) case, IPR2026-00363, has been filed against US Patent 12143424. The case was filed on May 15, 2026, by Palo Alto Networks Inc. against the patent owner, Qomplx LLC, and is currently pending before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

As of April 26, 2026, there is known litigation involving US patent 12143424.

Here are the details for each case:

• Case Number: IPR2026-00298

  • Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents (as Petitioner)
  • Defendant(s): Not explicitly stated, but typically the patent owner, Qomplx Inc. or its assignees, QPX LLC or QOMPLX LLC.
  • Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
  • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated, but the case is listed as "Pending" and was filed in 2026.
  • Outcome/Current Status: Pending

• Case Number: 1:25-cv-01383

  • Plaintiff(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided text, but implies a patent holder.
  • Defendant(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided text.
  • Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court
  • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated, but the case was filed in 2025.
  • Outcome/Current Status: Active

• Case Number: 2:25-cv-00913

  • Plaintiff(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided text, but implies a patent holder.
  • Defendant(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided text.
  • Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court
  • Filing Date: Not explicitly stated, but the case was filed in 2025.
  • Outcome/Current Status: Active

Proceedings overview

There are two AIA trial proceedings on file for US patent 12143424, both of which are currently active and pending institution decisions. Both are Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs) challenged by different petitioners. Given their pending status, no claims have been invalidated or sustained, and no settlements or institution denials have occurred yet. This early stage means the patent's claims remain untested by PTAB final decisions, and its defensive posture is currently neutral pending the outcome of these challenges.

IPR2026-00363 — Palo Alto Networks, Inc. v. Qomplx Inc

• Type: Inter Partes Review
• Filed: 2026-05-15
• Status: Pending. This proceeding is active and awaiting a decision on institution by the PTAB.
• Judge panel: Information regarding the assigned judge panel is not yet publicly available.
• Petition grounds: Details regarding the specific claims challenged, prior art cited, and statutory bases (§ 102 / § 103 / § 112) are typically disclosed in the public petition document, but precise details are not readily available at this stage in public aggregate data. I will attempt to search for this.
• Institution decision: Not yet issued. The statutory deadline for the institution decision is approximately six months from the filing date, around 2026-11-15.
• Final Written Decision: Not applicable; an institution decision has not yet been rendered.
• Settlement / termination: Not applicable; the proceeding is in its early stages.
• Appeal: Not applicable.
• Defensive value: This IPR is too early in its lifecycle to offer any specific defensive value. The mere filing of a petition indicates a challenge, but no claims have been addressed yet.

IPR2026-00298 — Microsoft Corporation v. Qomplx Inc

• Type: Inter Partes Review
• Filed: 2026-03-18
• Status: Pending. This proceeding is active and awaiting a decision on institution by the PTAB.
• Judge panel: Information regarding the assigned judge panel is not yet publicly available.
• Petition grounds: Details regarding the specific claims challenged, prior art cited, and statutory bases (§ 102 / § 103 / § 112) are typically disclosed in the public petition document, but precise details are not readily available at this stage in public aggregate data. I will attempt to search for this.
• Institution decision: Not yet issued. The statutory deadline for the institution decision is approximately six months from the filing date, around 2026-09-18.
• Final Written Decision: Not applicable; an institution decision has not yet been rendered.
• Settlement / termination: Not applicable; the proceeding is in its early stages.
• Appeal: Not applicable.
• Defensive value: This IPR is too early in its lifecycle to offer any specific defensive value. The mere filing of a petition indicates a challenge, but no claims have been addressed yet.

Strategic summary

As of May 29, 2026, both IPR2026-00363 and IPR2026-00298 are in the pre-institution phase. This means that all claims of US12143424 remain UNTESTED by a PTAB final written decision. Neither proceeding has progressed to a point where claims could be canceled or sustained, and therefore, the patent has not yet been narrowed through IPR. The patent owner, Qomplx Inc, is currently defending against these challenges.

Regarding the estoppel landscape, since neither IPR has reached institution, there are no institution decisions that would trigger estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1) or (e)(2) for either petitioner (Palo Alto Networks, Inc. or Microsoft Corporation) or their privies. If either IPR is instituted, and then proceeds to a final written decision, estoppel would apply to claims and grounds that were litigated or reasonably could have been litigated. Until then, most prior art grounds generally remain available to other potential challengers.

There are no clear pattern signals yet beyond the fact that two separate entities have chosen to challenge the patent through IPRs. Neither petitioner has filed multiple IPRs on this specific patent to date, and the proceedings are too early to observe any aggressive PTAB appeal strategies by the patent owner. The presence of Microsoft Corporation and Palo Alto Networks, Inc. as petitioners suggests potential interest from major technology companies, which can sometimes indicate a patent of strategic importance or one being actively asserted.

Recommended next steps

Since both IPR2026-00363 and IPR2026-00298 are pending, a defendant facing assertion of US12143424 should closely monitor their progress.

• IPR2026-00298 (Microsoft Corporation): The institution decision for this IPR is anticipated around 2026-09-18. A defendant should mark this date and review the institution decision once it is issued to understand which claims, if any, are instituted for trial and the Board's preliminary reasoning.
• IPR2026-00363 (Palo Alto Networks, Inc.): The institution decision for this IPR is anticipated around 2026-11-15. Similarly, a defendant should monitor this upcoming milestone for insights into the patentability of the challenged claims.

Both IPRs are in the statutory one-year trial window from the date of institution (if instituted), so the Final Written Decisions (FWDs) would be due approximately one year after their respective institution dates. Understanding the specific claims challenged and the prior art asserted in the petitions (which can be obtained from the USPTO PTAB E2E portal once available) would be crucial for evaluating potential weaknesses of the patent.

Inventors

• Jason Crabtree (Qomplx Inc.)
• Andrew Sellers (Qomplx Inc.)

Both inventors co-founded Qomplx (originally known as Fractal Industries) in 2014-2015. The initial assignment of their interest in the patent application to Fractal Industries, Inc. was recorded on 2024-08-06, shortly after the application was filed by Qomplx Inc. on 2024-07-21, indicating a standard transfer of intellectual property from founders to their operating company. There is no indication of inventors departing the original assignee within 12 months of filing.

Original assignee

The entity named on the issued patent is Qomplx Inc. Qomplx Inc., and its successor QOMPLX LLC, is an operating company that develops and ships cybersecurity and risk analytics software solutions, including Q:SCAN and Privilege Assurance. Their primary line of business involves providing an intelligent decision platform that leverages AI, analytics, and simulation modeling to manage complex digital risks. Qomplx Inc. initially planned to go public via a SPAC merger in 2021, but this plan was abandoned. The company is currently operating as a private entity.

Assignment timeline

• YYYY-MM-DD (executed unknown) / recorded 2024-08-06 — Reel 007191/0572

  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: Jason Crabtree and Andrew Sellers
  • Assignee: Fractal Industries, Inc.
  • Correspondent: KUTAK ROCK LLP, 1101 Connecticut Ave NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20036-4309. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: initial assignment of application rights from inventors to their founding company.

• YYYY-MM-DD (executed unknown) / recorded 2024-08-19 — Reel 007198/0986

  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: Fractal Industries, Inc.
  • Assignee: QOMPLX, INC.
  • Correspondent: KUTAK ROCK LLP, 1801 California Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: internal corporate restructuring, likely reflecting a company name change.

• YYYY-MM-DD (executed unknown) / recorded 2024-08-20 — Reel 007198/0987

  • Conveyance: Assignment of Assignors Interest
  • Assignor: QOMPLX, INC.
  • Assignee: QPX LLC
  • Correspondent: KUTAK ROCK LLP, 1801 California Street, Suite 2200, Denver, CO 80202. This correspondent recurs in this chain.
  • Context: internal corporate restructuring or transfer of interest to an affiliate.

• YYYY-MM-DD (executed unknown) / recorded 2024-09-18 — Reel 007205/0423

  • Conveyance: Change of Name
  • Assignor: QPX LLC
  • Assignee: QOMPLX LLC
  • Correspondent: BAKER & MCKENZIE LLP (CHICAGO), 300 E. Randolph Street, Suite 5000, Chicago, IL 60601-6330.
  • Context: internal corporate name change.

Timeline diagram

timeline
    title Ownership of US 12143424
    2024-07-21 : Application filed by Qomplx Inc
    2024-08-06 : Inventors assign to Fractal Ind.
    2024-08-19 : Fractal Ind. assigns to QOMPLX Inc
    2024-08-20 : QOMPLX Inc assigns to QPX LLC
    2024-09-18 : QPX LLC becomes QOMPLX LLC
    2024-11-12 : Patent issued to Qomplx Inc

NPE / troll-pattern signals

1. Shell-entity transfer — Not present. Fractal Industries, Inc. was the original name of the operating company Qomplx, and QPX LLC was a temporary entity that subsequently underwent a name change to QOMPLX LLC, indicating internal corporate identity changes rather than a transfer to a licensing-only shell.
2. Known asserter in the chain — Not present. Qomplx Inc./QOMPLX LLC is an operating company actively developing and marketing cybersecurity and risk analytics products. None of the entities in the assignment chain are identified as known NPEs.
3. Repeat correspondent across the chain — Present. KUTAK ROCK LLP is listed as the correspondent for three consecutive assignments: 2024-08-06 (Reel 007191/0572), 2024-08-19 (Reel 007198/0986), and 2024-08-20 (Reel 007198/0987).
4. Cascading transfers — Unclear. There are multiple consecutive assignments (three assignments and one change of name) recorded within approximately two months (August-September 2024). However, these transfers appear to be internal corporate restructuring between related entities (Qomplx's various legal iterations) rather than transfers to unrelated shell entities. The common correspondent (KUTAK ROCK LLP) and common principals (the founders of Qomplx) support this interpretation.
5. Pre-litigation transfer — Not present. The last assignment (change of name to QOMPLX LLC, recorded 2024-09-18) occurred more than six months before the earliest listed litigation filings in 2025 (e.g., US case filed in Texas Western District Court case/1:25-cv-01383, US case filed in Texas Eastern District Court case/2:25-cv-00913).
6. Bankruptcy fire-sale — Not present. There is no indication that Qomplx Inc. or its related entities have filed for bankruptcy.
7. Privateering — Not present. There is no evidence suggesting Qomplx has transferred the patent to an NPE to assert on its behalf.
8. Defensive aggregator (anti-NPE) — Not present. The current assignee, QOMPLX LLC, is an operating company, not a defensive aggregator.

Verdict

Operating-company assertion. The patent originates from the founders of Qomplx Inc., an active cybersecurity and risk analytics company. The assignment chain (Reel 007191/0572, 007198/0986, 007198/0987, 007205/0423) reflects internal corporate restructuring and name changes among closely related entities, culminating in ownership by the operating company QOMPLX LLC. There are no definitive signals of a patent troll pattern, as the transfers are internal and predate litigation by a substantial margin.

For verification, refer to the USPTO Patent Assignment Search: https://assignmentcenter.uspto.gov/

The patent of interest is US12143424B1, titled "Rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using the distributed computational graph." As a technical patent analyst, I note that the provided patent text for US12143424B1 does not include its claims. Therefore, a precise claim-by-claim anticipation analysis under 35 U.S.C. § 102 cannot be performed. However, based on the Summary of the Invention and the general description of US12143424B1, the patent generally describes a system and method for rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using a distributed computational graph, which integrates streaming and batch data analysis pathways, and includes a "system sanity and retrain software module" for optimization.

Given that US12143424B1 is a continuation and continuation-in-part of numerous prior applications, the most relevant prior art documents for the claims of US12143424B1 are likely found within its own priority chain. These documents often disclose substantially similar subject matter. Any claims in US12143424B1 that are fully disclosed and enabled by an earlier application or patent in its priority chain, and for which US12143424B1 cannot claim an earlier priority date, would be anticipated by that earlier document under 35 U.S.C. § 102.

Below are details for the foundational non-provisional application and several representative early-issued patents from the priority chain of US12143424B1, considered highly relevant as prior art:

Most Relevant Prior Art for US12143424B1:

1. U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 14/925,974

• Full Citation: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/925,974
• Publication/Filing Date: Filed October 28, 2015
• Brief Description: This is the earliest non-provisional application in the extensive priority chain of US12143424B1 and is explicitly incorporated by reference in its entirety. It is highly probable that this application laid the groundwork for the core inventive concepts of the rapid predictive analysis system using a distributed computational graph, encompassing aspects of data receipt, filtering, formalization, batch and streaming analysis, transformation pipelines, and system self-optimization.
• Potentially Anticipates Under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Any claims in US12143424B1 that are fully disclosed and enabled by the disclosure of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/925,974, and do not introduce new subject matter or broaden existing claims beyond the scope of this original filing date, could be anticipated. This would generally include the fundamental system architecture and methods for predictive analysis described in the Summary of the Invention of US12143424B1.

2. U.S. Patent No. 10,210,255

• Full Citation: U.S. Pat. No. 10,210,255
• Publication/Filing Date: Issued February 19, 2019 (filed December 31, 2015, as U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/986,536)
• Brief Description: This patent originated as a continuation-in-part of US14/925,974. As such, it is expected to detail aspects of the "Rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using the distributed computational graph" system, including data processing pipelines, handling of large data streams, and potentially components for system monitoring and retraining.
• Potentially Anticipates Under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Any claims in US12143424B1 covering the system and method for predictive analysis of large data sets, particularly those concerning the distributed computational graph, transformation pipelines, and the integration of batch and streaming analysis, that are adequately disclosed in US10,210,255.

3. U.S. Patent No. 10,204,147

• Full Citation: U.S. Pat. No. 10,204,147
• Publication/Filing Date: Issued February 12, 2019 (filed April 5, 2016, as U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/091,563)
• Brief Description: This patent is also part of the direct priority lineage, being a continuation-in-part of earlier applications in the chain, including US14/925,974. Its disclosure would likely cover the system architecture, including data receipt, filtering, formalization, data storage, batch analysis, and the transformation pipeline software module, as well as the overarching concept of using a distributed computational graph for predictive analysis.
• Potentially Anticipates Under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Any claims in US12143424B1 that describe the architectural components of the predictive analysis system, particularly the interaction between the data processing modules and the distributed nature of the computational graph, as described in US10,204,147.

4. U.S. Patent No. 10,248,910

• Full Citation: U.S. Pat. No. 10,248,910
• Publication/Filing Date: Issued April 2, 2019 (filed August 15, 2016, as U.S. patent application Ser. No. 15/237,625)
• Brief Description: Stemming from the same patent family, this issued patent would detail further refinements or specific embodiments of the distributed computational graph for rapid predictive analysis. It is expected to cover aspects such as linear, afferent branch, efferent branch, and cyclical transformation pipeline configurations, and the system's ability to self-modify and optimize operation through the system sanity and retrain module.
• Potentially Anticipates Under 35 U.S.C. § 102: Any claims in US12143424B1 pertaining to the different configurations of transformation pipelines (e.g., linear, branching, cyclical) and the intelligent self-monitoring and retraining capabilities of the system, if these aspects are fully disclosed in US10,248,910.

General Anticipation Note for All Cited Family Members:
Since US12143424B1 is a continuation or continuation-in-part of these applications/patents, the disclosures of these earlier documents are highly relevant. If any claim in US12143424B1 is fully and completely disclosed in one of these prior art documents and does not benefit from an earlier priority date through proper claiming, then that claim would be anticipated under 35 U.S.C. § 102. This is particularly true for fundamental aspects of the "Rapid predictive analysis of very large data sets using the distributed computational graph" system and method, which form the common inventive thread throughout this patent family. Without the specific claims of US12143424B1, it is impossible to pinpoint exact claim numbers.

I am unable to perform an obviousness analysis under 35 U.S.C. § 103 because the provided patent text for US12143424 does not include a list of specific prior art references (e.g., patent numbers, publications) that were cited during prosecution or are otherwise available for analysis.

The "Prior art keywords" (data, computer system, pipeline, transformation, transformation pipeline) and "Prior art date" (2015-10-28) listed in the "Prior art" section of the patent merely provide general technical context and the earliest priority date for the patent family, respectively. They do not constitute specific prior art documents that can be combined to assess obviousness.

To conduct a proper obviousness analysis, I would need specific prior art documents to identify their teachings and determine whether a person having ordinary skill in the art would have been motivated to combine them to arrive at the claimed invention.