Vulken17 The Saudis buying the entire Neomedia company may be the reason why the patents were assigned back to the company When YA called in full payment of the debt, they attempted an auction in which they tried selling off the patent portfolio or portion of it. Shortly after, they called off the auction but transferred the patents from Neomedia. Later, they assigned the patents back to Neomedia The purchase of the company may explain the reason for the assignment of the patents back to Neomedia.