The recent transfer of a batch of US patents to a new Texas LLC is the first divestiture to appear in publicly available USPTO records from a British Virgin Islands entity that seemed, up to now, to be in the sole business of collecting patents. For more than ten years, the assignor—through nearly 70 separate transfers—has been observed scooping up US patent assets, from large operating companies; smaller businesses, some of which have ceased operations; at least one university and one prominent research institution; inventor-controlled entities; IP advisory firms; and other NPEs, only a few of which had previously filed litigation. The newly recorded assignment, to a Texas entity, is a shift, suggesting that more change may be afoot here.