Congruent Media app security patent challenge granted

On May 7, 2026, four weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,135,418, owned and asserted by Congruent Media Resourcing LLC, an NPE. The ‘418 patent generally relates to a method of operating secure applications on an enterprise mobile device. It has been asserted against Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, PreEmptive Solutions, Rapid7, Open Text, and Trend Micro Inc.

View district court litigations by Congruent Media. Unified is represented by Ellyar Barazesh and Will Gaines at Baker Botts, and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen, Jenn Bisk, and Andrea Shoffstall.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016139