The team at Unified IP Services is using Pearl to identify and chart prior art against U.S. Patent 9,760,753, owned by United States CP, LLC, an NPE. The ‘753 patent relates to a finger guide device intended for securing precise placement of a digit on a scanner to capture fingerprints accurately. The patent has been asserted against Samsung and their Galaxy-series smartphones and tablets that incorporate capacitive fingerprint scanners for identity authentication and confirmation.
Acacia entity, Atlas Global, Wi-Fi patent challenged
On February 27, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,628,310, owned and asserted by Atlas Global Technologies, LLC, an NPE and Acacia Research entity. The ‘310 patent is directed to the format of HE LTFs (high efficiency long training fields) for various combinations of HE LTF modes and channel bandwidths in Wi-Fi transmissions. The patent is currently being asserted against HPE, but has been asserted against Arcadyan Technology, Dell, and Vantiva in the past.
View district court litigations by Atlas Global. Unified is represented by Ava Chuang and Stephen Cortiaus of Slater Matsil, and in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and David Seastrunk.
Dominion Harbor entity, Columbia Peak, video surveillance patent found invalid
On February 26, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all claims of U.S. Patent 7,446,803, owned by Columbia Peak Ventures, LLC, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘803 patent relates to a system for annotating and searching video files.
Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019682
InfoGation navigation patent found invalid
On February 24, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,898,003, owned and asserted by InfoGation Corporation, an NPE. The '003 patent is generally directed to displaying maps on GPS receivers. It was asserted against TomTom, Nissan, Mazda, Hyundai, Volvo, Toyota, Honda, BMW, and Ford.
View district court litigations by InfoGation. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and T.J. Murphy, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019907
$2,000 for Cogent Insights Licensing retail 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 9,794,797, owned by Cogent Insights Licensing Inc., an NPE. The '797 patent relates to secure transaction management and electronic rights protection. The invention enables secure distribution and control of electronic information via a virtual distribution environment, bolstered by tamper-resistant hardware for enhanced node security. It is involved in a declaratory judgement case with Hisense USA.
The contest will expire on March 31, 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.