Varatec patent held unpatentable

On December 29, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. Varatec, LLC holding all challenged original claims of U.S. Patent 7,792,256 unpatentable. The ‘256 patent, directed to a system and method for remotely monitoring, controlling, and managing equipment at one or more premises, had been asserted against Comcast and ADT, among others.

Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jung Hahm, Ashraf Fawzy, and David Seastrunk. View Varatec’s district court litigation. To read the petition and view the entire case proceeding, see Unified's Portal.