Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 6,854,067, owned by Heritage IP, LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of IP Edge. The '067 patent generally relates to a method and system for interaction between a processor and a power on reset circuit to dynamically control power states in a microcontroller. This patent has been asserted in district court against NXP, Resideo Technologies, Maytronics, Insulet Corp., August Home, and others.
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