On July 3, 2024, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 10,574,982, owned by GE Video Compression, LLC. The ‘982 patent generally relates to encoding and decoding video images using wedgelet, or binary mask, patterns. This patent has been designated essential to SISVEL’s AV1 pool, and the filing is a part of Unified’s ongoing efforts in its SEP Video Codec Zone.

Unified is represented by Chris Schmidt at Erise IP, and by in-house counsel, Jessica L.A. Marks and Michelle Aspen.