The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Flash Uplink LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to updating firmware on disk drives with reduced system downtime. Flash Uplink LLC has sued Lenovo and QNAP Systems. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.