With the first half of 2022 in the rearview, a list of the year’s top NPEs—by number of defendants added to litigation—is coming into focus. A web of plaintiffs, tied by their association with a single patent monetization professional, appears poised to land on that list, having collectively added more than 30 defendants to litigation so far this year. Given the pipeline of patents apparently flowing into the same operation, its trajectory looks likely to continue through the second half of 2022.