WSOU Investments, LLC
Patent owner in reexamination·20 ex parte reexams
WSOU Investments, LLC's patents have been the subject of 20 USPTO ex parte reexaminations, with 3 currently open. Its patents are most often challenged by ZTE (USA), Inc., Dell Technologies Inc., and Cisco Systems, Inc.. ExamPat indexes the full prosecution record for each proceeding, including office-action grounds, certificate outcomes, and downstream PTAB and Federal Circuit decisions.
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Outcome track record
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- Certificate outcome split across every bucket
- Claim-survival rate
Defense metrics
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- Survival rate of closed proceedings
- Average pendency in months
Challengers & examiners
Which requesters most often challenge this owner's patents, and which examiners decide them.
- Top requesters
- Most frequent examiners
Recent reexaminations (20)
| Control # | Filed | Patent | Title | Requester | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90/015,521 | Sep 16, 2025 | 8,982,691 | SYSTEM AND METHOD PROVIDING STANDBY BYPASS FOR DOUBLE FAILURE PROTECTION IN MPLS NETWORK | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Open |
| 90/015,374 | Jul 10, 2025 | 9,450,884 | SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING BASED CONGESTION CONTROL | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,106 | Aug 4, 2022 | 7,742,534 | METHOD FOR TRANSMITTING USER DATA IN A MULTI-CARRIER RADIO COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, AND CORRESPONDING RECEIVER | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,101 | Jul 29, 2022 | 7,203,505 | MESSAGE TRANSFER FROM A SOURCE DEVICE VIA A MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE TO A THIRD DEVICE | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,094 | Jun 29, 2022 | 9,258,232 | INGRESS TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL IN A DATA COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,087 | Jun 3, 2022 | 7,565,435 | METHOD FOR OBTAINING THE BEST CONNECTIVITY ACHIEVABLE WITHIN VIRTUAL LOCAL AREA NETWORKS | Dell Technologies Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,086 | Jun 1, 2022 | 9,185,036 | Method and apparatus for flow control of data in a network | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Open |
| 90/019,083 | May 26, 2022 | 7,487,240 | CENTRALIZED INTERNET PROTOCOL/MULTI-PROTOCOL LABEL SWITCHING CONNECTIVITY VERIFICATION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK MANAGEMENT CONTEXT | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/015,031 | May 17, 2022 | 9,294,060 | Bandwidth Extender | — | Closed |
| 90/019,078 | May 13, 2022 | 8,451,839 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING ROUTE INFORMATION AND FORWARDING DATA IN ACCESS DEVICES | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/015,029 | May 13, 2022 | 7,489,929 | HARD HANDOFF PROCEDURE FOR DEDICATED AND HIGH SPEED SHARED CHANNELS | — | Closed |
| 90/019,077 | May 9, 2022 | 8,730,905 | TRANSMISSION RESOURCE RESERVATION SCHEME | ZTE (USA), Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,994 | Apr 5, 2022 | 9,357,014 | SERVICE-BASED NETWORKING | Cisco Systems, Inc. | Open |
| 90/019,048 | Dec 17, 2021 | 7,636,309 | MULTI-PATH ROUTING USING INTRA-FLOW SPLITTING | VMware Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,045 | Dec 15, 2021 | 9,137,144 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMMUNICATION PATH SELECTION | Dell Technologies Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,854 | Sep 9, 2021 | 7,620,273 | Methods and Devices for Providing Optical, Serviced- Enabled Cross-Connections | Juniper Networks, Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,017 | Aug 11, 2021 | 7,126,921 | PACKET NETWORK PROVIDING FAST DISTRIBUTION OF NODE RELATED INFORMATION AND A METHOD THEREFOR | Dell Technologies Inc. | Closed |
| 90/019,016 | Jul 28, 2021 | 7,424,020 | NETWORK NODES | Dell Technologies Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,800 | Jul 14, 2021 | 7,539,133 | Method and Apparatus for Preventing Congestion in Load-Balancing Networks | VMware Inc. | Closed |
| 90/014,789 | Jun 30, 2021 | 8,103,213 | SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO CONFIGURATION | Unified Patents, LLC | Closed |
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