On January 4, 2018, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted trial on all challenged claims in an IPR filed by Unified against U.S. Patent 8,799,088, owned and asserted by Rothschild Biometric Systems, LLC and SRR Patent Holdings, LLC, a Leigh M. Rothschild entity and well-known NPE.  The '088 Patent, directed to a system and method for verifying user identity information in financial transactions, was previously asserted in district court litigation against USAA Savings Bank.

To read the decision and to view the entire proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal.