$2,000 for Eric Zautner entity, Navog, GPS patent prior art

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 10,593,205, owned and asserted by Navog LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The '205 patent relates to a GPS monitoring and alarm system that would warn truckers, bus and RV drivers, approaching underpasses, bridges, viaducts, tunnels, and other structures of insufficient clearance for their vehicle. It has been asserted against Garmin, TeleType Co., and Sygic.

The contest will expire on March 31, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Another Fractus LTE antenna patent challenged

On February 21, 2025, Unified Patents filed an ex parte reexamination proceeding against U.S. Patent 8,593,349, owned and asserted by Fractus S.A., an NPE. The ‘349 patent generally relates to a volumetric antenna for use in a wireless devices.

View district court litigations by Fractus. Unified is represented by in-house counsel, T.J. Murphy and Roshan Mansinghani, in this proceeding.

IPVal entity, 5G IP Holdings, 5G patent found invalid

On February 18, 2025, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a notice of intent to issue a reexamination certificate canceling all claims (claims 1-12) of U.S. Patent 10,813,163, owned and asserted by 5G IP Holdings LLC, an NPE and IP Valuation Partners, LLC entity. The '163 patent generally relates to discontinuous reception (DRX) and utilizing slots within subframes to adapt DRX to function within the 5G frame structure. The patent had previously been asserted against Apple and Samsung.

View district court litigations by 5G IP Holdings. Unified was represented by Drew Sommer at Greenberg Traurig, and by in-house counsel, David Seastrunk and Jessica L.A. Marks, in this proceeding.

To view the reexamination, visit Unified’s Portal: https://portal.unifiedpatents.com/exparte/90015277

$4,000 for STT WebOS web-based communication patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned and asserted by STT WebOS, Inc. The patents relate to web based control management systems and communications.They have been asserted against ByteDance.

The contests will expire on March 22, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests.

US 10,686,797 Information Exchange Over a Web Based Environment

US 11,336,754 Concurrent Web Based Multitasking Support

$2,000 for Eric Zautner entity, Conexus, web applications patent prior art

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 11,736,499, owned and asserted by Conexus LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The '499 patent focuses on monitoring web applications for potentially malicious code execution, employing a model of legitimate behavior to identify anomalies. It details a thorough process of capturing and analyzing network and application activities to safeguard against security threats that bypass traditional defenses. It has been asserted against Datadog and eSentire.

The contest will expire on March 22, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.