Clean Energy Management patent held unpatentable on all challenged claims

On May 19, 2020, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents LLC v. Clean Energy Management Solutions, LLC, holding as unpatentable all challenged claims of U.S. Patent 8,035,479, owned by well-known NPE Dominion Harbor subsidiary, Clean Energy Management. The ‘479 patent, directed to a mesh network door lock, had been asserted against over 15 companies including Crestron, Cisco Systems, and Lowe's. All cases have been closed.

Unified was represented by in-house counsel, Roshan Mansinghani and Jordan Rossen, and by Larissa Bifano and Michael Van Handel from DLA Piper LLP in this proceeding. To read the decision and to view the entire IPR proceeding, visit our PTAB Portal.