Patent 7917367
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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PTAB activity (1)
AIA trial proceedings — IPR, PGR, CBM — filed at the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board against this patent. Sourced directly from the PTAB Trial API.
- IPR2025-01193IPRfiled Jul 21, 2025vs. Microsoft CorporationTerminated-Settled
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Cases on file (2)
Group view →Specific litigation cases in our database that name US patent 7917367. The free-form analysis below may also discuss cases beyond this list.
- IPR2025-01193Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)Settlement
Defendants: Dialect LLC
- 2:23-cv-00061Texas Eastern District CourtLitigation
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
Known litigation involving US patent 7917367 includes the following cases:
PTAB Case IPR2025-01193
- Plaintiff(s)/Petitioner: Unified Patents LLC
- Defendant(s)/Patent Owner: Dialect LLC
- Jurisdiction: Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)
- Case Number: IPR2025-01193
- Filing Date: The case number implies a filing year of 2025.
- Outcome or Current Status: Settlement
US District Court Case 2:23-cv-00061
- Plaintiff(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided information for this specific case number.
- Defendant(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided information for this specific case number.
- Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court
- Case Number: 2:23-cv-00061
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided information.
- Outcome or Current Status: Litigation
US District Court Case 2:24-cv-01067
- Plaintiff(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided information for this specific case number.
- Defendant(s): Not explicitly stated in the provided information for this specific case number.
- Jurisdiction: Texas Eastern District Court
- Case Number: 2:24-cv-01067
- Filing Date: Not explicitly stated in the provided information.
- Outcome or Current Status: Litigation
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Case 22-2163 (Voice Tech Corp. v. Unified Patents, LLC)
- Plaintiff(s) (Appellant/Patent Owner): Voice Tech Corp.
- Defendant(s) (Appellee/Petitioner): Unified Patents, LLC
- Jurisdiction: US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Fed. Cir.)
- Case Number: 22-2163
- Filing Date: The Federal Circuit decision date was August 1, 2024. The original Inter Partes Review (IPR) petition date is not explicitly stated in the provided snippets, but would predate the appeal.
- Outcome or Current Status: The Federal Circuit upheld a Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) finding of obviousness. The PTAB had found the challenged claims of a patent owned by Voice Tech (described as a patent "that purported to improve upon the prior art by allowing a single mobile device to access and control various native applications and functions on a computer") unpatentable.
- Note: While the description of the patent challenged aligns with US7917367 and Unified Patents is involved in other litigation concerning US7917367, the specific patent number 7917367 is not explicitly stated within the provided search result for this particular Federal Circuit case. It refers to "a Voice Tech patent."
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