OptimNet cloud patent challenge granted

On May 4, 2026, five weeks after Unified filed an ex parte reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on claims 1-12 of U.S. Patent 9,112,934, owned and asserted by OptimNet LLC, an NPE. The ‘934 patent generally relates to a content delivery networking method and apparatus that builds a content delivery overlay network for transferring media content to users.

View district court litigations by OptimNet. Unified is represented by James Stein and Anita Bhushan of Lee & Hayes, and by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Alyssa Holtslander.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016096

Innovation Technologies advertisement patent challenged

On April 27, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 12,125,070, owned and asserted by Innovation Technologies Partners LP, an NPE and entity of MVRE LLC. The ’070 patent relates to a method for distributing an electronic content item for consumption with advertisements. It has been asserted against Hulu.

View district court litigations by Innovation Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kyla Butler and TJ Murphy, in this proceeding.

Umbra Tech virtual network patent challenged

On April 27, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 12,452,192, owned and asserted by Umbra Technologies Ltd. The ’192 patent is generally directed to virtual network systems where a control server sends a ranked list of access point servers to an endpoint. The endpoint device then uses this ranked list to select the access point server to which it will build a tunnel to the network. It has been asserted against Zscaler.

View district court litigations by Umbra Technologies. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

Another AutoNavigare mobile app control patent challenged

On April 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,766,801, owned and asserted by AutoNavigare, LLC. The ‘801 patent relates to controlling applications on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, using an in-vehicle control system. It has been asserted against Toyota, GM, and Ford.

View district court litigations by AutoNavigare. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.

Jeffrey M. Gross entity, TurboCode, cellular decoding patent challenged

On April 14, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,813,742, owned and asserted by TurboCode LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘742 patent generally relates to a broadband processor for wireless communications focused on turbo code decoding. It has been asserted against 35 entities, including Itron, Acer, Hitachi, Siemens, T-Mobile, AT&T, HTC, Dell, and Huawei.

View district court litigations by TurboCode. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Jenn Bisk.