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This is an active patent infringement litigation case currently before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), assigned case number 26-1055, and filed in 2026. Despite extensive web searches, specific details regarding the identities of the plaintiff and defendant, their respective business activities, and the accused product, service, or technology remain publicly unavailable. Similarly, the underlying district court, division, and presiding judge are not identified in accessible records. This lack of detailed public information for a case filed in 2026 suggests it may be a very recent appeal that has not yet generated substantial public opinions, docket entries, or media coverage.

The sole patent identified as being at issue is U.S. Patent No. 10,032,171. However, a one-line technical sketch of this patent and its current assignee could not be retrieved through public web searches, including attempts to access USPTO information directly. Therefore, the specific technical area covered by the patent and its ownership status are not currently ascertainable from publicly available information.

Given the limited public information, the specific reasons why this case might be notable (e.g., industry impact, NPE assertion patterns, IPR linkage, market context) cannot be determined at this time. The case's procedural posture as an appeal to the Federal Circuit indicates that it involves a dispute over patent law, jurisdiction, or a final judgment from a lower court, but the specifics of that underlying dispute are not publicly available.

This analysis aims to detail the key legal developments and outcome for the patent infringement litigation identified as Federal Circuit case number 26-1055, involving patent 10032171. However, despite aggressive web searches across various legal databases and news sources, no public records could be found linking Federal Circuit case number 26-1055 to U.S. Patent 10,032,171.

Specifically:

• Federal Circuit Case 26-1055: Searches for this specific Federal Circuit case number did not yield any results that align with the standard Federal Circuit docket numbering convention (which typically follows the YYYY-NNNN format, e.g., 2026-1234). The search results for 2026 Federal Circuit cases consistently provided case numbers in this standard format, none of which were "26-1055" or linked to the specified patent.
• Patent 10032171 Litigation History: Direct searches for U.S. Patent 10,032,171 in relation to patent infringement litigation in district courts, the Federal Circuit, or any parallel PTAB (Patent Trial and Appeal Board) IPR (Inter Partes Review) or PGR (Post-Grant Review) proceedings, did not return any relevant case information. The search results provided general information about patent litigation or details for other, unrelated patent cases.

As of the current date, 2026-07-14, there is no publicly available information confirming that U.S. Patent 10,032,171 has been involved in litigation under Federal Circuit case number 26-1055, or any other identifiable litigation or PTAB proceeding. Therefore, it is not possible to provide a chronological list of legal developments or an outcome for this specific case and patent.

In the patent infringement case before the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, identified as case number 26-1055, the plaintiff-appellant, Tarun N. Surti, is representing himself pro se.

Therefore, there is no external counsel of record representing the plaintiff in the traditional sense.

Attorney Information:

• Name: Tarun N. Surti
• Role: Plaintiff-Appellant (pro se)
• Firm: N/A (Self-represented)
• Office Location: Brentwood, TN
• Relevant Patent Litigation Experience: Tarun N. Surti is the patent owner of U.S. Patent No. RE44,755 (reissue of 8,146,949) and has a history of litigating patent infringement claims against Fleet Engineers, Inc. and its successor, Tramec Sloan LLC, often appearing pro se in district court and Federal Circuit appeals. His previous appeals to the Federal Circuit, such as Fleet Engineers, Inc. v. Mudguard Technologies, LLC, also show him proceeding pro se.

This case, 26-1055, at the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, is identified as Tramec Sloan LLC v. Surti. In this appeal, Tarun N. Surti is the appellant (defendant from the underlying district court action) and Tramec Sloan LLC is the appellee (plaintiff from the underlying district court action). The provided metadata indicates patent 10032171 is at issue. However, the Federal Circuit's per curiam decision dated July 13, 2026, references U.S. Patent No. 8,146,949, reissued as Patent No. RE44,755, which was litigated by Surti in prior actions.

As of the current date, July 14, 2026, publicly available information from the provided search results does not explicitly name the counsel of record representing defendant Tarun N. Surti in Federal Circuit case 26-1055. While the opinion mentions the judges involved (Chief Judge Moore and Circuit Judges Lourie and Hughes), it does not list the attorneys who represented the parties. Further specific docket entries or attorney appearance records would be required to identify Surti's counsel.

Therefore, the counsel of record representing the defendant(s) in this patent infringement case cannot be identified with the provided information. Filings may be sealed, or specific counsel appearances are not detailed in the publicly accessible opinion summaries.