Malikie cryptography patent challenge granted

On September 17, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 7,372,960, owned by Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations Limited. The ‘960 patent relates to finite field calculations in cryptography. The patent has been asserted against Core Scientific and MARA Holdings. Malikie Innovations has filed several other litigations funded by Key Patent Innovations Limited against networking communications, apps, and Wi-Fi devices.

View district court litigations by Malikie. Unified is represented by Jordan Rossen, Kelly Hughes, and Jenn Bisk in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016454

InstaCom communications patent challenge granted

On September 9, 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 10,298,644, owned and litigated by InstaCom LLC, an NPE and entity of Elon Life LLC. The '644 patent relates to an instant communications system having established communication channels between communication devices.

View district court litigations by InstaCom. Unified is represented by in-house by Kyla Butler and Jordan Rossen in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016498

$4,000 for Sol IP MIMO 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 the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and asserted by Sol IP, LLC, an NPE. The patents relate to wireless data transmission in a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)/WLAN systems. They have been asserted against AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Volkswagen, and others.

The contests will expire on October 18, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. 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 9900067 - Transmitting and Receiving Data in a MIMO System

US 10090894 - Transceiving Data in a MIMO System

$4,000 for CyboEnergy power inverters 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 and asserted by CyboEnergy, Inc., an NPE. The patents relate to smart and scalable power inverters. They have been asserted against Northern Electric Power Technology, Home Depot, Duracell, Yotta Energy, Deye Ess Technology, and others.

The contests will expire on October 17, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. 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 9331488 - Smart and Scalable Power Inverters

US 9331489 - Solar Power Mini-inverters

$2,000 for Arc Link networking patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 11,563,655, owned and asserted by Arc Link LLC, an NPE. The '655 patent relates to an SDN network hypervisor that virtualizes and optimizes network statistics collection for multiple virtual networks sharing physical switches. The patent has been asserted against Fortinet, Check Point Software Technologies, and others.

The contest will expire on October 9, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. 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.