Aeritas patent challenged

On May 18, 2021, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination against U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned by Aeritas LLC, an NPE. The ‘435 patent relates to receiving notifications, e.g., notification related to products or services of interest, at a mobile device based on the location of the mobile device and notification criteria, and then receiving information, e.g., additional information about the products or services or a purchase confirmation, at the mobile device in response to an input. The patent has been asserted in 21 litigations, including current assertions against Finnair Oyi, Darden Restaurants, Whataburger Restaurants, Burger King, and WestJet Airlines.

View district court litigations by Aeritas. Unified is represented by in-house counsel Alyssa Holtslander and Michelle Aspen.

To view any documents for the reexamination proceedings on PAIR, go to https://portal.uspto.gov/pair/PublicPair, enter 90/014,750, and click on the "Image File Wrapper" tab.