On July 24, 2025, less than two months after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,098,367, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘367 patent is directed to an application store on board a vehicle. It has been asserted against GM and Ford.
View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Cono Carrano and Ryan Stronczer of Akin Gump, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019983