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On September 2, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for IPR against all claims of U.S. 7,490,037, a patent ostensibly owned and asserted by Digital Audio Encoding Systems, LLC against 28 companies since June 2016. A copy of the petition is found below. Unified Patents Inc. v.

On August 31, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed against a patent owned by Plano Encryption Technologies, LLC. The patent, U.S. 6,466,983, has not been asserted in any district court to date. A copy of the petition can be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. Plano Encryption Technologies, LLC, IPR2016-01644, Paper 1 (Aug.

On July 25, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review of all claims 1-15 of U.S. Patent 6,415,207. In IPR2016-01465, Unified challenged a patent directed to automated tracking, one that Shipping and Transit has asserted against more than 90 small businesses. A copy of the filing can be found below.

On July 5, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board dismissed IPR2016-00836, well prior to institution, due to a settlement between Verify Smart Corporation and Unified. A copy of the filing can be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. Verify Smart Corporation, IPR2016-00836, Paper 7 (July 5, 2016) (Settled)

Unified Patents Inc. (Unified) has challenged patents asserted by this year's three most prolific patent litigants: Shipping and Transit LLC, Sportbrain Holdings LLC, and Uniloc USA, Inc. These challenges are part of Unified's ongoing efforts to protect technology areas ("zones") from non-practicing entities (NPEs), more commonly referred to as "patent trolls."

On August 10, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter parties review requesting review of U.S patent 5,523,791, directed to displaying images over video. The challenge, IPR2016-01571, challenged claims 2-16. A copy of the petition can be found below. Unified Patents Inc. v. John Berman, IPR2016-01571 (Aug.

On May 19, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review, IPR2016-01060, against claims 1-4, 9, 10, and 21 of U.S. Patent 8,933,945, directed to a method for optimizing memory requests by dividing them.

On September 7, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review against all claims of a patent owned and asserted by Digital Stream IP, LLC in the Eastern District of Texas. The challenged patent, 6,757,913, discusses the wireless transmission of digital data. A copy of the proceeding can be found below.

On September 8, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed its 55th petition for inter partes review, challenging all claims of U.S. Patent 6,442,261 as unpatentable over multiple grounds. The patent, related to identifying dropped telephone calls, had been asserted against automotive companies. A copy of the petition can be found below.

On July 11, 2016, Unified petition for inter partes review in IPR2016-01404 on claims 1, 2, 13-15, 33, 34, 39, 46 and 48 of patent 6,968,459, assigned to Intellectual Ventures II, LLC. The patent discusses restricting access to data storage devices, i.e., limiting data storage to read/write or read-only access privileges.

On May 27, 2016, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) of claims 1, 4, 6, 7, 10-13, and 16 of U.S. Patent 8,706,627, owned and asserted by Sentegra, LLC in various district courts. The technology is directed to electronic ticketing on a mobile device.

On August 1, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted an IPR petitioned by Unified on a patent owned and asserted by Rothschild Connected Devices Innovations, LLC. The Board instituted trial on U.S. 8,788,090 over the sole claim asserted in district court litigation. A copy of the filing can be found below.

On July 22, 2016, Unified filed for inter partes review of all claims 1-16 of U.S. Patent 7,454,002, owned and asserted by Sportbrain Holdings, Inc. The subject matter relates to the devices providing data via the Internet, commonly known as the Internet of things. A copy of the petition is found below.

On July 10, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter partes review, IPR2016-01374, against claims 1, 2, 3, 8, 18, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, and 28 of U.S. Patent 6,339,428, directed to a video graphics texture mapping.

On June 29, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed a petition for inter parties review challenging the patentability of all claims of a patent owned and asserted by Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. and Uniloc USA, Inc. The patent, U.S. Patent 8,566,960, was asserted against a number of parties on May 30, 2016, in the Eastern District of Texas.

On June 21, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) awarded adverse judgment against patent owner Qurio Holdings, Inc., prior to institution, cancelling claims 1-3, 10, 12, and 15-18 of U.S. Patent 7,787,904, as challenged via joinder by Unified in IPR2016-00998.

On June 27, 2016, Unified filed a petition for inter partes review on a patent asserted by Hybrid Audio, LLC. That filing, IPR2016-01265, challenges all independent claims of U.S. Patent RE40,281, claims 5, 12, 18, 26, 34, 41, 48, 57, 66, 71, 76, 83, 90, 95, 100, 107, 114, 116, 118, and 120.

On August 19, 2016, Unified Patents Inc. filed its 50th inter partes review petition, against a patent owned and asserted by Intellectual Ventures I LLC. The IPR2016-01643 challenges claims 1-4, 6-9, and 11-17 of U.S. Patent No. 6,775,745 B1, currently being asserted in the district court.

On August 29, 2016, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted an IPR filed by Unified Patents Inc. on a patent related to electronic payments. The patent, U.S. Patent 6,891,633, has been asserted against dozens of banking institutions. The Board adopted an initial narrow claim construction and instituted review of claims 1-18 and 21-26 of the patent.

On June 22, 2016, pursuant to a settlement agreement, Unified Patents Inc. filed a motion to terminate their petition for inter partes review, IPR2016-00836, against claims 1-3, 5-7, 9-16 and 19 of U.S. Patent 8,285,648 (owned and recently asserted by Verify Smart Corp.). A copy of that public filing can be found here.