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The team at Unified has used Pearl to identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 9,537,900, owned by PulseLink Systems, LLC, an NPE and entity of PowerBridge Networks, LLC. The ‘900 patent relates to serving application-specific policies based on dynamic context, allowing policies to reflect changing circumstances.
Identified Prior Art
On October 28, 2026, 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 all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 10,212,422, owned by Ideahub Inc., an NPE. The ‘422 patent is directed to video coding and decoding using quantization parameters based on the block information of the specific encoding or decoding object block. A related patent was asserted in Europe. The ‘422 patent has been designated as essential to the VVC standard in the Access Advance’s VVC patent pool.
Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016552
The team at Unified is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against patents owned by Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The patents describe transferring power from one portable/mobile device to another, especially when no outlet or charger is available. A “donor” device with remaining battery power charges a “receptor” device, such as a laptop charging a phone. The patents have been asserted against Hyundai, FCA US, Nissan, Volvo, Jaguar, Google, Belkin, Nothing Technology, and others. For more details, contact info@unifiedpatents.com.
On October 21, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,313,580, owned and asserted by UBQS-IP LLC, an NPE and entity of Pueblo Nuevo LLC. The '580 patent is directed to sharing information between a user group and an associated document using decentralized storage. The patent has been involved in litigation.
View district court litigations by UBQS-IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016558
Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,732,085, owned by Paypulz LLC, an NPE. The '085 patent relates to a proxy payment card usable like a normal credit or debit card at ATMs and merchant point-of-sale terminals, including legacy systems.
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