US 10355863

Patent Analysis: US 10,355,863

Date of Analysis: May 7, 2026

This report provides a concise summary of United States Patent 10,355,863, including its key bibliographic information, a plain-language overview of its independent claims, and its current litigation status at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).

Summary of US Patent 10,355,863

• Title: System and method for authenticating electronic content
• Assignee: Authentixx LLC
• Inventors: Fred Bishop, Danielle R. Domenica, Vicki R. Mendivil, Hermes H. Villalobos
• Filing Date: December 8, 2017
• Issue Date: July 16, 2019
• Abstract: The patent describes a method to embed an "authenticity marker" into electronic content like web pages or emails. This allows a user to verify that the content is from the true source and not a fraudulent copy. The process involves a server receiving a request for content, forwarding it to an authentication server, which then inserts a unique fractal icon or information known only to the user and the content owner before sending it to the user.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims

US Patent 10,355,863 has one independent claim.

Independent Claim 1: This claim protects a server-side method for authenticating electronic data. In simple terms, the process is as follows:

1. A user's computer requests data (like a webpage) from a server.
2. The server retrieves the requested data.
3. The server then generates a unique "authenticity marker." The patent specifies this marker can be a computer-generated fractal image created from an algorithm.
4. In real-time, the server formats the data by inserting this newly generated fractal.
5. The server then sends the data, now containing the fractal marker, back to the user's computer.

The core of this claimed invention is the real-time generation and insertion of a unique, difficult-to-copy visual marker (a fractal) into electronic content by a server to prove its authenticity to the end-user.

Litigation Status

As of May 7, 2026, a search of the dockets of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for the year 2026 reveals no pending or decided cases involving US Patent 10,355,863 or the assignee Authentixx LLC. The patent information from public sources indicates a history of litigation at the district court level for the broader patent family, but no active appeals for this specific patent were found in the 2026 CAFC docket.