Patent 9135418
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
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No PTAB proceedings on file. This patent has not been challenged through Inter Partes Review, Post-Grant Review, or Covered Business Method review at the USPTO. The absence is itself a signal — well-asserted patents eventually attract IPRs.
Cases on file (2)
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- Congruent Media Resourcing LLC v. Open Text Corpfiled Apr 17, 20267:26-cv-00156Texas Western District CourtOpen
Defendants: Open Text Corp
The OpenText Fortify application security solution is a product that generates secure applications.
- Congruent Media Resourcing LLC v. Rapid7 Incfiled Apr 17, 20267:26-cv-00155Texas Western District CourtJudge David CountsOpen
Defendants: Rapid7 Inc
Rapid7 tCell is a security service that protects web applications and APIs from attacks. It works by monitoring applications as they run to identify and block threats in real time.
Litigation summary
Past and pending lawsuits — plaintiffs, defendants, jurisdictions, outcomes, and notable rulings.
US patent 9,135,418, owned by Congruent Media Resourcing LLC, has been involved in litigation and reexamination proceedings.
Here is a summary of the known litigation and reexamination involving US 9,135,418:
Ex Parte Reexamination Proceeding
- Plaintiff(s): Unified Patents, LLC
- Defendant(s): Congruent Media Resourcing LLC (patent owner)
- Jurisdiction: Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) of the USPTO (Patent Trial and Appeal Board - PTAB)
- Case Number: Not explicitly provided in the snippets, but the Unified Patents portal link is for
exparte/90016139. - Filing Date: April 3, 2026
- Outcome/Current Status: On May 7, 2026, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified Patents' request, finding "substantial new questions of patentability on all challenged claims" of US 9,135,418.
District Court Litigations
- Plaintiff(s): Congruent Media Resourcing LLC
- Defendant(s): The patent has been asserted against multiple companies, including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, PreEmptive Solutions, Rapid7, Open Text, and Trend Micro Inc.
- Jurisdiction: Texas Western District Court and Texas Eastern District Court (as per the patent's own Google Patents litigation links, though no specific case numbers or dates are provided in the search results).
- Case Number: Specific case numbers are not provided in the search results but are generally referenced as "district court litigations by Congruent Media."
- Filing Date: Not explicitly provided in the search results.
- Outcome/Current Status: The status of these district court cases is not detailed in the provided search results. The Unified Patents articles refer to them as ongoing assertions by Congruent Media.
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