SoftBank entity, Neo Wireless, prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on four patents owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and SoftBank entity.

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 for US 10,075,941 - Multi-carrier Communication Systems - DOWNLOAD HERE

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WINNING SUBMISSION for US 10,771,302 - Channel Probing Signal for a Broadband Communication System - DOWNLOAD HERE

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GEVC video codec patent revoked by EPO

On May 23, 2023, the European Patent Office revoked all claims of EP 3151566 B1, owned by GE Video Compression, LLC. The EP ’566 patent is part of a family purportedly essential to HEVC and part of the Access Advance patent pool. This filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified was represented by Dr. Andrew McGettrick and Dr. Susan Keston of HGF Law, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Roshan Mansinghani.

Aeritas wireless purchasing patent affirmed invalid in ex parte appeal

On May 11, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) affirmed the Examiner’s final rejection of all claims of U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned and asserted by Aeritas, LLC. The ‘435 patent relates to using a mobile device to make online purchases based on received notifications related to products or services of interest based on the location of the mobile device and other notification criteria. The patent had been asserted in over 20 litigations but all cases have been terminated.

View district court litigations by Aeritas. Unified was represented by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen. To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified’s Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014750.

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InterDigital video codec patent challenged in reexam

On May 16, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,085,845, owned by InterDigital VC Holdings. The '845 patent relates generally to hybrid video coding in a single block and has been designated as essential to SISVEL’s AV1 patent pool.

View district court litigations by InterDigital. Unified is represented by Raghav Bajaj at Haynes Boone, and by in-house counsel, Michelle Aspen and Jessica L.A. Marks.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on Unified's Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015233.

$6,000 for Empire IP entity, IoT Innovations, prior art

Unified added 3 new PATROLL contests, with a $2,000 cash prize for each, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by IoT Innovations, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The contests will end on July 16, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information or click on each link below.

We also have third-party prior art providers giving our researchers a head start in the hunt! Click on each of the contests to find more from APEX Standards, IPscreener, and Google Patent Analytics.

US 6,920,486 - Synchronizing Data in Different Devices

US 7,567,580 - Edge Side Assembler

US 8,972,576 - Establishing a Home Relationship Between a Wireless Device and a Server in a Wireless Network