Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,893,095, owned by Edge Networking Systems LLC, an NPE. The ‘095 patent relates to a network architecture that facilitates secure and flexible programmability between a user device and across a network with full lifecycle management of services and infrastructure applications. The Distributed Software Defined Network (dSDN) disclosed is an end-to-end architecture that enables secure and flexible programmability across a network with full lifecycle management of services and infrastructure applications (fxDeviceApp). The patent has been asserted against Microsoft.

The contest will expire on May 25, 2024. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.