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Unified Patents, LLC (commonly known as Unified Patents) is a privately held, private equity-backed organization founded in 2012, with its corporate office in Chevy Chase, MD, and additional offices in San Jose, CA, and Washington, D.C.. The company was acquired by WestView Capital on December 23, 2019.. While employee counts vary across sources, estimates range from approximately 36 to 250 employees.. Its estimated annual revenue is approximately $3.8 million, though some reports suggest a range of $25 to $50 million..
Unified Patents provides patent risk mitigation services aimed at improving patent quality and deterring costly patent litigation, particularly from Non-Practicing Entities (NPEs) and Standard Essential Patent (SEP) holders.. The company operates by offering analytics, prior art research, invalidity contests, patentability analysis, and administrative patent reviews (such as Inter Partes Reviews, or IPRs).. They focus on specific technology "Zones" like cloud storage, content delivery, electronic payments, Blockchain, Open Source, Wi-Fi 6, and Analog Semiconductor, which members join to collectively address patent assertion risks.. Unified Patents also offers AI-driven tools for patent landscape analysis, claim charting, and litigation prediction..
In terms of patent litigation, Unified Patents acts as a deterrence entity, proactively challenging patents it believes are invalid, rather than asserting its own portfolio or paying NPEs.. The provided internal database shows Unified Patents as a plaintiff in one case before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and as a defendant in zero cases. However, public records indicate Unified Patents is a highly active petitioner in PTAB proceedings, having filed hundreds of challenges against patents owned by NPEs.. This demonstrates a consistent posture of initiating actions to invalidate patents rather than defending against infringement claims.
A notable case reflecting their operations is Unified Patents, LLC v. MemoryWeb, LLC (IPR2021-01413), where Unified Patents challenged MemoryWeb's patent after it had been asserted against Unified members Apple and Samsung. The PTAB's initial determination regarding the identification of real parties in interest was later vacated by the USPTO Director.. This exemplifies Unified Patents' strategy of using PTAB proceedings to defend its members from alleged "bad patents" asserted by NPEs..
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This is an Inter Partes Review (IPR) filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data against Omni Medsci Inc. at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). The petition, concerning patent 11160455, was filed on August 28, 2025, but was not instituted due to procedural reasons.
Unified Patents PTAB Data filed a petition for inter partes review (IPR) of US8310990 at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), but the petition was not instituted on procedural grounds.
An inter partes review proceeding initiated by Unified Patents PTAB Data concerning US patent 11950105, which is currently pending institution at the PTAB.
This is an Inter Partes Review (IPR) proceeding challenging US patent 11818591, filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data against patent owner Xifi Networks R and D Inc. The IPR has been instituted and is currently pending.
An Inter Partes Review (IPR) was filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data concerning US patent 12016580, with Inari Medical Inc. as the implicit patent owner. The case has been instituted.
A PTAB inter partes review initiated by Unified Patents PTAB Data concerning US patent 8904194, which was not instituted due to procedural reasons.
An inter partes review proceeding initiated by Unified Patents PTAB Data against Security First Innovations LLC, which was not instituted due to procedural reasons.
An IPR petition filed by Unified Patents against Advanced Coding Technologies LLC concerning US Patent 9042448 was not instituted by the PTAB.
Unified Patents filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition, IPR2025-01286, which was not instituted due to procedural reasons by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
An IPR proceeding, IPR2025-01302, was filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data challenging US8884373 and subsequently settled.
An Inter Partes Review (IPR) case filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data at the PTAB concerning US Patent 11026088, which is currently in an instituted pending status.
Unified Patents PTAB Data filed an Inter Partes Review (IPR) against Radian Memory Systems LLC concerning US patent 11307995, which later resulted in a settlement.
An Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data in 2025, which was not instituted on procedural grounds.
An IPR case filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data against Omni Medsci Inc. before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, which was not instituted on procedural grounds.
A Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) case, IPR2025-01399, was filed by Unified Patents PTAB Data challenging US patent 11775831, but was not instituted due to procedural reasons.