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Unified Patents

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Unified Patents LLC

Unified Patents, LLC is a private, membership-based organization founded in 2012 that works to deter patent assertions from non-practicing entities (NPEs), often called "patent trolls." Headquartered in the Washington, D.C. area, the company is backed by private equity firm WestView Capital Partners, which made a growth investment in 2019. While some sources state a San Jose, California headquarters, recent information points to the D.C. area. Employee counts vary by source, with estimates ranging from 36 to under 100.

The company’s primary service is providing patent risk mitigation for its members, which include over 350 companies ranging from startups to large technology corporations like Google and NetApp. Unified Patents monitors NPE activity and challenges the validity of patents being asserted by NPEs in specific technology areas, or "Zones," such as cloud storage, content delivery, and blockchain. It achieves this mainly by filing inter partes reviews (IPRs) and other post-grant proceedings at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to invalidate patents it deems to be of poor quality. The company states that it never pays NPEs to purchase or license patents, in order to avoid incentivizing further NPE activity.

Unified Patents' litigation posture is unique. It acts as a defensive patent aggregator, but its methods place it in the role of plaintiff or petitioner. The provided case data, showing one plaintiff case at the PTAB and zero defendant cases, is characteristic of its business model. Unified proactively challenges patents asserted by other entities against its members. This activity is exclusively at the PTAB, an administrative venue for challenging patent validity, rather than in district court infringement litigation.

The company's strategy is to deter litigation by invalidating the patents that form the basis of NPE lawsuits. The tracked case, Unified Patents v. Cortex MCP Inc., is an example of its core business, where it initiates a proceeding at the PTAB to challenge a patent's validity. This model has sometimes led to disputes over whether Unified's members, such as Apple and Samsung in one notable case, should be identified as the real parties-in-interest in its PTAB petitions.

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Unified Patents v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.

Institution Granted
Docket:
PGR2026-00013
Filed:
2026-05-19
Patents:12233106

Post-Grant Review initiated by Unified Patents against Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc. regarding the patentability of US Patent 12233106. Institution of the review has been granted, meaning the PTAB will proceed with a review of challenged claims.

Untitled case

Not Instituted - Merits
Docket:
IPR2025-01441
Filed:
2025-08-22
Patents:7706641

Unified Patents filed PTAB case IPR2025-01441 on August 22, 2025, challenging US patent 7706641. The PTAB subsequently decided not to institute the inter partes review on its merits.

Unified Patents v. Monahan Products, LLC D/B/A/ UPPABABY et al.

Not Instituted - Procedural
Docket:
IPR2025-01106
Filed:
2025-07-29
Patents:9403550

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against Monahan Products and ANDBABY GENERATION, challenging US Patent 9403550. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) subsequently declined to institute the review for procedural reasons.

Unified Patents v. Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Settled
Docket:
IPR2025-01478
Court:
PTAB
Filed:
2025-03-13
Patents:11574990

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition against Samsung Display Co., Ltd. regarding US patent 11574990, which is currently pending settlement and institution.

Untitled case

settled
Docket:
IPR2025-01085
Filed:
2025-03-05
Patents:11936693

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition challenging US patent 11936693 before the PTAB. This IPR, case number IPR2025-01085, was filed on March 5, 2025, and later settled.

Untitled case

Not Instituted
Docket:
IPR2025-01284
Court:
PTAB
Filed:
2025
Patents:9900249

An Inter Partes Review petition was filed against US Patent 9900249 by Unified Patents, but the petition was not instituted due to procedural reasons.

Unified Patents v. First Solar Inc.

Not Instituted - Procedural
Docket:
IPR2025-01411
Filed:
2025
Patents:9666732

An inter partes review (IPR) petition was filed by Unified Patents challenging US Patent 9666732, likely against First Solar Inc. The petition was filed in 2025 but was not instituted due to procedural reasons.

Unified Patents v. Pantech Corp

Pending - Instituted
Docket:
IPR2025-00762
Filed:
2025
Patents:10863573

An Inter Partes Review (IPR) initiated by Unified Patents against Pantech Corp, the current assignee of US10863573, at the PTAB. The IPR is currently pending and has been instituted.

Unified Patents v. Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc.

Pending - Instituted
Docket:
IPR2025-01044
Filed:
2024-07-26
Patents:11516879

This is an inter partes review (IPR) petition, IPR2025-01044, filed by Unified Patents against Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on July 26, 2024, concerning patent 11516879. The petition has been instituted and is pending.

Unified Patents v. Marlin Semiconductor Ltd

Judgment
Docket:
IPR2025-01082
Terminated:
2026-05-13
Patents:6888181

An Inter Partes Review (IPR) initiated by Unified Patents challenging US patent 6888181, owned by Marlin Semiconductor Ltd. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a judgment granting adverse judgment against the patent owner on May 13, 2026, concluding the case.

Untitled case

Not Instituted - Procedural
Docket:
IPR2025-01260
Patents:8934922

An inter partes review (IPR) petition, IPR2025-01260, was filed by Unified Patents challenging patent 8934922. The petition was not instituted due to procedural reasons.

Unified Patents v. Netskope, Inc.

Not Instituted - Procedural
Docket:
IPR2026-00027
Patents:7593936

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review petition against US7593936, owned by Netskope, Inc., at the PTAB. The petition was not instituted on procedural grounds, potentially due to the patent's expiration on March 4, 2026.

Unified Patents v. Kurin, Inc.

Not Instituted - Procedural
Docket:
IPR2026-00097
Terminated:
2026-05-14
Patents:12138052

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition, IPR2026-00097, against Kurin, Inc. challenging US patent 12138052. The PTAB Director denied institution of the petition on procedural grounds on May 14, 2026.

Untitled case

Pending
Docket:
IPR2026-00208
Patents:9578092

This is an Inter Partes Review (IPR) case filed by Unified Patents at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) concerning US patent 9578092, with a filing year implied as 2026 and currently pending.

Untitled case

pending
Docket:
IPR2026-00309
Court:
PTAB
Patents:10741071

Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against US patent 10741071, which is currently pending before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).

Unified Patents v. Intellectual Ventures II LLC

Not Instituted - Merits
Docket:
IPR2025-00931
Court:
PTAB
Patents:8332844

Unified Patents filed an inter partes review (IPR) against Intellectual Ventures II LLC challenging US patent 8332844, which was not instituted on the merits.

Unified Patents v. Trina Solar Co. Ltd.

judgment
Docket:
IPR2025-00187
Court:
PTAB
Patents:10230009

An Inter Partes Review initiated by Unified Patents challenging US Patent 10230009, which concluded with a Final Written Decision.

Unified Patents v. Unknown Patent Owner

Final Written Decision
Docket:
IPR2024-01436
Court:
PTAB
Patents:10762002

An Inter Partes Review (IPR) was filed by Unified Patents against US patent 10762002 with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB).