Patcepta Kick-Off Call - January 26

Patcepta is a new open source rules engine for improving patent prosecution and management through automation. As the first of its kind, Patcepta’s goal is to provide an open, understandable, and auditable ruleset and toolkit for enabling more efficient and innovative processes and tools for managing IP portfolios.

Patcepta is hosted by Unified Patents and The Linux Foundation. Any interested party can join to help foster a new generation of IP management practices using open source software. The rules and code are open source which allows for worldwide collaboration and builds trust and confidence in those who use it.

Patcepta will hold a Kick-Off Call on January 26, 2023 at 1:30PM PST.

Invitation Details and Link Below:

Patcepta Kick Off Meeting Thursday, January 26 · 1:30 – 2:30pm

Dolby & Access Advance codec patent challenged in EPO

On December 30, 2022, Unified filed an opposition proceeding against EP 3767950, owned by Dolby International AB. EP ‘950 is generally directed to tracking reference pictures for use in digital image decoding using a cycle parameter and is related to patents that have been identified as essential to the Access Advance Patent Pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified is represented by Dr. Susan E. Keston and Harry Hutchinson of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Ellyar Barazesh.

$2,000 awarded for Implicit applet server patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ketan Sachdeva, who was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 6,976,248, owned by investor-backed Implicit LLC, an NPE and Edward Balassanian entity. The ‘248 patent is generally related to client application servers and has been asserted against Fortinet and Salesforce.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

WINNING SUBMISSION

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$2,000 awarded for 2BCom data transfer patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Manikandan Mani, Dinesh Swamy, and Ekta Aswal, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 6,885,643, owned by 2BCom, LLC, an NPE and Markman Advisors entity. The ‘643 patent generally relates to data transfer via wireless communications. The patent has been asserted against Netgear, D-Link Systems, Walmart, and Honeywell.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

WINNING SUBMISSION

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Tanit Ventures entity L2 Mobile Tech wireless patent challenged

On December 22, 2022, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,321,740, owned and asserted by L2 Mobile Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Tanit Ventures Inc. The ’740 patent is generally directed to Transmission Time Interval (TTI) bundling in user equipment of a wireless communication system. This reexamination was filed as part of Unified’s 3GPP SEP zone.

Unified is represented by Nick Apel and Eric Buresh of Erise IP and by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015180.