On March 14, 2024, three 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 9,948,488, owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and Fortress IP entity. The '488 patent generally relates to transmitting probing signals in a wireless communication system employing OFDM, where multi-carrier signals and spread spectrum signals are overlaid together in both time and frequency domains. This reexamination challenge is part of Unified’s 3GPP zone. The '488 patent has not been asserted in litigation before, but related family members have been asserted against Mercedes-Benz, FCA, Toyota, Nissan, GM, Tesla, and others.

View district court litigation by Neo Wireless. Unified is represented by Jonathan Bowser and Clint Wilkins of Haynes and Boone, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks., in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination request, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90019338