$4,000 for Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, cryptographic patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations. The patents generally relate to cryptographic systems. The ‘062 patent has been asserted against Foundry Digital, Core Scientific, and MARA Holdings.

The contests will expire on March 31, 2026. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

US 7020281 - Timing Attack Resistant Cryptographic System

US 8666062 - Performing Finite Field Calculations

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.

Flash Uplink patent validity challenge coming soon

The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against a patent owned by Flash Uplink LLC, an NPE and entity of Quest Patent Research Corporation. Unified Patents, the top requester of ex parte reexaminations in recent years, will likely challenge its validity. The patent generally relates to updating firmware on disk drives with reduced system downtime. Flash Uplink LLC has sued Lenovo and QNAP Systems. For more details contact info@unifiedpatents.com.

Acacia entity, Stingray IP, Wi-Fi patent found invalid

On February 5, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) issued an Advisory Action in the reexamination filing of U.S. Patent 7,224,678, owned and asserted by Stingray IP Solutions, an NPE and entity of Acacia Research Corporation. The Examiner maintained the rejections of all challenged claims of the ‘678 patent. The ‘678 patent relates to detecting an intrusion in a network system. It was asserted against Leedarson IoT, Schlage Lock, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Vivint, and Allegion.

View district court litigations by Stingray IP. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019718