Eric Zautner entity, Peregrine Data, automotive patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,319,619, owned by Peregrine Data LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The patent relates to efficiency of legal proceedings relating to vehicular incidents and to automobile security. The patent has been asserted against Solera Holdings and Lytx Inc.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$1,500 awarded for Flexiworld Technologies communication patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $1,500 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Flexiworld Technologies, Inc., an NPE. The patents generally relate to communications over the Internet.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

US 7099304 - Anonymous Communication (claim 1)

Winning Submissions: US 6157829; US 6870845; US 6564261

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US RE49176 - Enhancing the Efficiency and Relevancy of Transactions on the Internet (claim 38)

Winner: Calvin Zhong

Winning Submissions: US 5884272; US 7957991

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US RE48088 - Facilitating Connections Between Parties Through the Internet (claim 52)

Winning Submissions: US 20030158960; US 5862223

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US RE48066 - Data Mining User Information (claims 38 and 47)

Winning Submissions: US 9830600; US 5884272; US 7957991

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US RE46637 - Facilitating Transactions Over the Internet (claims 38, 47, 53, and 67)

Winner: Ekta Aswal

Winning Submissions: US 7957991; US 5862223; US 5884272

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AutoNavigare in-vehicle app control patent challenge instituted

On March 27, 2025, 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 the challenged claims of U.S. Patent 9,288,665, owned and asserted by AutoNavigare, LLC. The ‘665 patent relates to controlling applications on a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, using an in-vehicle control system. It is currently being asserted against Toyota.

View district court litigations by AutoNavigare. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, Alyssa Holtslander and Kelly Hughes, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019829

$2,000 awarded for Empire IP entity, Dynamic Data Innovations, dataset patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami, Andrei Gilya, and Calvin Zhong, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,632,676, asserted by Dynamic Data Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of Empire IP LLC. The ‘643 patent relates to systems and methods for management of object datasets and for rending instructions to dynamically update a graphical user interface (GUI) to present a subset of the object dataset. It has been asserted against Old Navy and TravisMathew, LLC.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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$3,000 awarded for IngenioSpec eyeware patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $3,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to smart eyewear. They have been asserted against Samsung, Bose Corporation, Sony, and LG.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

US 11762224 - Eyewear with Electrical Components (claim 27)

Winners - Dinesh Swami & Calvin Zhong

Winning Submissions: US 5654786; WO 2002045044

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US 11803069 - Eyewear with Embedded Electrical Components (claim 1)

Winning Submissions: US 3091020; US 2930857; WO 1994009398

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US 11829518 - Head-worn Device with Connection Region (claim 1)

Winner - Huang Chien-Cheng

Winning Submissions: WO 1994009398; US 7755975; US 20140043740

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