Nchain blockchain patent challenge instituted

On August 19, 2025, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 12,032,677, owned by Nchain Holdings Limited, an NPE. The ‘677 patent generally relates to consensus-based electronic ledgers, and in particular to blockchain implementations and technologies.

Unified is represented by Steven Cortiaus at Slater Matsil, and by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Jason Wejnert, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015375

Lexidine vehicle camera patent challenged

On August 14, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 7,609,961, owned and asserted by Lexidine LLC, an NPE. The ‘961 patent relates to integrating a camera into a vehicle light. It is currently being asserted against Ford.

View district court litigations by Lexidine. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Jordan Rossen, in this proceeding.

Blue Wave IP entity, Edge Networking, SaaS patent challenge instituted

On July 22, 2025, 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 11,695,823, owned and asserted by Edge Networking Systems, LLC, an NPE and entity of Blue Wave IP. The '823 patent is directed towards programmable network and cloud devices that manage and deploy distributed applications. It is being asserted against Amazon and Microsoft.

View district court litigations by Edge Networking. Unified is represented by John Pienkos and Jennifer Lacroix at Amundsen Davis, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019948

H2 Intellect geofencing patent challenge instituted

On August 5, 2025, three weeks 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 8,977,247, owned and asserted by H2 Intellect LLC, an NPE. The ‘247 patent generally relates to a system for delivering sponsored content to registered application programs based on users' geographic locations. It has been asserted against IBM, The Home Depot, and Amazon.

View district court litigations by H2 Intellect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Jason Wejnert, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015376

Route Guidance Systems vehicle guidance patent confirmed invalid by PTAB

On July 18, 2025, the PTAB confirmed the final rejection of all claims in the ex parte reexamination of U.S. Patent 6,917,876, owned by Route Guidance Systems LLC, an NPE. The ’876 patent is directed to route guidance systems for vehicles where the calculated route is transmitted from a central computer to a vehicle over a channel of communication in a short burst and is then closed, so that transmission to the vehicle ceases, unless and until a need for further transmission arises. The patent has been asserted against ExxonMobil, Verizon, MyPizza Technologies, Honda, Grubhub, HERE Global, DoorDash, MapleBear, Waitr, and others.

View district court litigations by Route Guidance Systems. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes, Michelle Aspen, and Roshan Mansinghani.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015113.