On September 19, 2023, the USPTO issued a Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate in RE90/014,750, cancelling all claims of U.S. Patent 9,390,435, owned by Aeritas, LLC. Prior to this notice issuing, Aeritas had appealed the Examiner’s final rejection to the Board and lost. Unified filed the request for ex parte reexamination in May 2021.

The ‘435 patent relates to receiving notifications 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 additional information about the products or services or a purchase confirmation, at the mobile device in response to an input. The patent had been asserted in 21 litigations.

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 Unified’s Portal, go to https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90014750.