United States CP fingerprint authentication patent prior art found

The team at Unified used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 9,760,753, owned by United States CP, LLC, an NPE. The ‘753 patent relates to a finger guide device intended for securing precise placement of a digit on a scanner to capture fingerprints accurately. The patent has been asserted against Samsung and their Galaxy-series smartphones and tablets that incorporate capacitive fingerprint scanners for identity authentication and confirmation.

Identified Prior Art

• WO 2000038105

• WO 2000049944

Dominion Harbor entity, Sovereign Peak Ventures, image coding patent prior art found

The team at Unified used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 8,019,169, owned by Sovereign Peak Ventures LLC, an NPE and entity of Dominion Harbor Group. The ‘169 patent is generally related to an image coding apparatus and method that enhances coding efficiency by employing a similarity-based approach to image compression. The patent has recently been asserted against Arashi Vision but has been asserted in the past against NXP Semiconductors, HP, ASUSTeK Computer, Acer, Hisense, and TCL Group.

WINNING SUBMISSION - Claim 20 (click to download chart)

• WO 2006030694

• US 20040234143

WINNING SUBMISSION - Claim 21 (click to download chart)

• WO 2006030694

• US 20030067637

BitHarmony video streaming patents prior art found

The team at Unified used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against five patents owned and asserted by BitHarmony LLC, an NPE. The patents listed below generally relate to video streaming products and services with features such as adaptive bit rate streaming and media encryption and decryption. All five patents listed below have been asserted against Amazon. The ‘485 patent, ‘605 patent, and the ‘259 patent have been asserted against Warner Bros. Discovery.

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 7,707,485 (click to download chart)

• US 20040125877

• US 20050036069

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,088,805 (click to download chart)

• US 20110055864

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,124,954 (click to download chart)

• US 20080140385

• US 20100121973

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,258,605 (click to download chart)

• JP 2002171485

• JP H08237133

Identified Prior Art on U.S. Patent 9,826,259 (click to download chart)

• US 6389473

• US 6091777

Songbird Tech patent validity challenge coming soon

The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Songbird Tech LLC, an NPE. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to audio message driven customer interaction queuing systems (AMDCIQS) . Songbird Tech LLC has sued Zoho Corporation, Tesla, and X Corp. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.

InstaCom patent validity challenge coming soon

The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by InstaCom LLC, an NPE and entity of Elon Life LLC. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to voice and video communications using electronic devices connected by wireless and wired networks. InstaCom LLC has sued Samsung. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.