The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 11,664,123, owned by iScan2D Technologies, LLC. The ‘123 patent is broadly directed to wirelessly pairing a “wearable activity device” and a “mobile device” with at least one “camera sensor” via a “color coded digital scannable media”. The patent has been asserted against Apple.
$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent prior art
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan, Ketan Sachdeva, and Guddu Yadav, who shared an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,409,635, owned by eComm Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Investments Group. The '635 patent focuses on advancements in data processing, specifically aiming at improving layout and rendering techniques in web and print publishing.
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 SUBMISSIONS
Another Wilus Wi-Fi patent challenge instituted
On December 29, 2025, two months 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 (1-6, 12-17) of U.S. Patent 10,567,047, owned and asserted by Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc., an entity of Good Day to Invent, Inc. The '047 patent is generally directed to Wi-Fi 6 devices configured to information in the HE-SIG-A field of an HE MU PPDU to understand the configuration of the HE-SIG-B field when using full bandwidth MU-MIMO. This challenge is part of Unified’s Wi-Fi zone and was the fourth reexamination filing against Wilus this year.
View district court litigations by Wilus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015638
Another International Semiconductor Group Wi-Fi 6 patent challenge instituted
On December 19, 2025, two months 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 claim of U.S. Patent 11,363,595, owned by the International Semiconductor Group, an NPE. The '595 patent is generally directed to transmitting a first frame on a first channel that identifies a second channel that can be used, and then receiving frames via both channels. This is particularly relevant to Wi-Fi devices that can operate in two frequency channels or bands, i.e., the 2.4 and 5 GHz bands.
View ITC litigations by ISG. Unified is represented by Michael Jones and Jake Rosvold of Rothwell Figg, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015645
EasyWeb authorization patent prior art found
The team at Unified IP Services used Pearl to successfully identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 10,114,905, owned by EasyWeb Innovations, LLC, an NPE. The ‘905 patent generally relates to an innovative system and method for enabling electronic message publication to a wide audience via the internet, overcoming limitations of traditional broadcasting methods. The patent is currently asserted against Action Verb, PocketSmith, ContactOffice Group, BuiltWith Pty, Fastmail, X Corp., and SocketLabs.
The prior art was found and charted by Alejandro Borge and Oscar Jarquin of Unified IP Services and Elaine Chow of Unified Patents.
Identified Prior Art