Ascend Innovations entity, Byteweavr, cloud data patent found invalid

On December 30, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling most of the claims of U.S. Patent 6,862,488, owned and asserted by Byteweavr, LLC, an NPE and Ascend Innovations entity. The ‘488 patent relates to automated validation and workflow management. It had been asserted against Databricks and Cloudera.

View district court litigations by Byteweavr. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019801

Another Atlas Global Wi-Fi patent challenged

On December 22, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,348,471, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘471 patent is generally directed to Wi-Fi apparatuses and methods for indicating the use of and providing information for a central resource unit (RU) when using channel bandwidths where the central RU is available for allocation (e.g., bandwidths of 80 MHz or greater). The patent is currently being asserted against HPE, accusing Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) standard features.

View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and T.J. Murphy.

Light Guide Innovations backlight patent challenged

On December 4, 2025, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,638,378, another patent owned and asserted by Light Guide Innovations, LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The ’378 patent relates to a light emitting apparatus and is drawn to a lens having a particular shape. It has been asserted against Walmart, TCL, Hisense, and Samsung.

View district court litigations by Light Guide Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Roshan Mansinghani.

Mimzi voice interaction patent challenged

On October 29, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,792,361, owned and asserted by Mimzi, LLC, an NPE. The ’361 patent relates to using a phone to record phone calls, meetings, and dictation, and to store associated metadata, audio, and/or speech-recognized text in a centralized, content-searchable repository. It has been asserted against Nissan, Ford, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz AG, Honda, and Subaru.

View district court litigations by Mimzi. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.

ISG Wi-Fi 6 patent challenged

On October 29, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 11,363,595, owned by the International Semiconductor Group, an NPE. The '595 patent is generally directed to transmitting a first frame on a first channel that identifies a second channel that can be used, and then receiving frames via both channels. This is particularly relevant to Wi-Fi devices that can operate in two frequency channels or bands, i.e., the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands. This filing marks the tenth patent challenged in Unified’s recently created SEP Wi-Fi zone.

View ITC litigations by ISG. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.