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On April 18, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,766,801, owned and asserted by AutoNavigare, LLC. The ‘801 patent relates to controlling applications on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, using an in-vehicle control system. It has been asserted against Toyota, GM, and Ford.
View district court litigations by AutoNavigare. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Vinu Raj, in this proceeding.
On April 14, 2026, Unified filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 6,813,742, owned and asserted by TurboCode LLC, an NPE and entity of Jeffrey M. Gross. The ‘742 patent generally relates to a broadband processor for wireless communications focused on turbo code decoding. It has been asserted against 35 entities, including Itron, Acer, Hitachi, Siemens, T-Mobile, AT&T, HTC, Dell, and Huawei.
View district court litigations by TurboCode. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jordan Rossen and Jenn Bisk.
On April 15, 2026, three weeks 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 of U.S. Patent 8,315,769, owned and asserted by Vision Works IP Corp., an NPE. The ’769 patent generally relates to changing suspension characteristics of a moving vehicle in response to lateral acceleration. The ’769 patent is one of several patents asserted against Tesla, Suzuki, Nissan, Subaru, TATA Motors, Polaris, Zhejiang Geely Holding, and Mercedes-Benz.
View district court litigations by Vision Works IP. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Jennifer Bisk and Alyssa Holtslander.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90016089
On March 26, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate cancelling challenged claims 1-9, 11-13, 20, 21, 28, and 29 of U.S. Patent 7,742,388, owned and asserted by Fleet Connect Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP. The '388 patent focuses on a system and method for increased bandwidth in digital communications, particularly within local and wide area networks including WLANs and mobile networks. It has been asserted in over 60 cases, most recently against UAB Xirgo Global, Werner Enterprises, Cedar Electronics, Nextbase, and others.
View district court litigations by Fleet Connect. Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Andrea Shoffstall, Jenn Bisk, and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.
To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019840
On April 14, 2026, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 9,290,153, owned and asserted by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘153 patent relates to device discovery methods and systems for controlling access of a communication device to an on-board vehicle network. It has been asserted against GM, Toyota, and Ford.
View district court litigations by AutoConnect. Unified is represented by Steve Shipe of Barnes & Thornburg, and by in-house counsel, TJ Murphy and Jenn Bisk, in this proceeding.
