Two SVV Technology display patents challenged

On September 19, 2025, Unified filed two ex parte reexamination proceedings against U.S. Patent 8,740,397 and U.S. Patent 10,613,306, owned and asserted by SVV Technology Innovations, Inc.

The '397 patent generally relates to a light distribution system for display devices, more specifically drawn to a light guide member including a corrugated surface with transparent optical windows. The ’397 patent is currently asserted against Acer and ASUSTek accusing a large number of their products containing displays (i.e., laptops, tablets), and was previously asserted against Samsung and Micro-Star. The ex parte reexamination request challenges claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-15, and 17-19 of the ‘397 patent.

The ‘306 patent generally relates to a light distribution system for display devices, more specifically drawn to a light guide member with corresponding structures (e.g., "discrete cavities") formed in a flexible, transparent optical sheet. The '306 patent is currently asserted against Acer and ASUSTek and was previously asserted against Samsung and Micro-Star. The ex parte reexamination request challenges claims 1-2, 4-7, 9-34, and 36-43 of the ‘306 patent.

View district court litigations by SVV Technology Innovations. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Kelly Hughes and Andrea Shoffstall, in these proceedings.

Dialect natural language patent challenge instituted

On September 19, 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 8,015,006, owned and asserted by Dialect, LLC, an NPE. The ‘006 patent relates to the use of "context-specific domain agents" for generating a response to a user's spoken query. It is currently asserted against several parties, including Meta, Microsoft, and Google, and was previously asserted against Amazon.

View district court litigations by Dialect. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015338

New AI NPE Campaign — Prior Art Found

Unified’s IP Services using Pearl has successfully identified and charted prior art against a patent owned by the Artificial Intelligence Industry Association Incorporated, an NPE.  These patents generally relate to machine learning and artificial intelligence technologies. They have been asserted against Osaro, Topaz Labs, Elementary Robotics, and Geisel Software.

Unified Patents used its first-ever GenAI patent landscape, OPAL for GenAI, to find the patent activity from the Artificial Intelligence Industry Association. OPAL for GenAI, available exclusively to the members of Unified Patents’ new Artificial Intelligence Zone, allows for a new way to identify and value patents, analyze risk, and determine the total top-down patent landscape quickly and easily—and be more prepared and better value the competition and litigations of tomorrow.

DynaIP entity WirelessWerx IP geofencing patent challenge instituted

On August 25, 2025, one month 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 7,323,982, owned by WirelessWerx IP LLC, an NPE and Dynamic IP Deals LLC entity. The ‘982 patent directed to tracking and managing wireless devices using geofencing techniques. It is currently asserted against Verizon, Zebra Technologies, Audi, Tesla, Hyundai, among others.

View district court litigations by WirelessWerx. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jason Wejnert and Andrea Shoffstall, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015412

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