$2,000 awarded for Proxense authentication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Jake Winter, Tanya Chauhan, and Vivek Yadav, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,450,956, owned and asserted by Proxense LLC, an NPE. The ‘956 patent details a secure authentication system comprising a Personal Digital Key (PDK), a Reader, and associated methods and devices to authorize individuals for data access or application use, based on biometric and profile authentication. It had been asserted against Hyundai.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone, and include tens of thousands of dollars in rewards available for helping the industry to challenge NPE patents of questionable validity by finding and submitting prior art in the contests. Visit PATROLL today to learn more about how to participate.

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