$2,000 for Near Field Electronics input signal patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 2 of U.S. Patent 7,373,531, owned and asserted by Near Field Electronics LLC, an NPE and entity of Equitable IP Corporation. The '531 patent relates to a simple circuit and method for detecting whether an input signal is present, toggling, stopped, or at a particular frequency, and then using that result to reduce power consumption. It has been asserted against over 50 companies such as Lowes, Whole Foods, The Gap, AT&T Mobility, and others.

The contest will expire on September 5, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for Flow-Motion sensor patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claims 1 and 16 of U.S. Patent 9,987,520, owned and asserted by Flow-Motion Research and Development, Ltd., an NPE. The '520 patent relates to a system for monitoring and coaching physical exercise routines using motion/position sensors. It has been asserted against Peloton.

The contest will expire on August 31, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 for Rothschild entity Electronic Edison Qi-related wireless charging patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 9,448,603, owned and asserted by Electronic Edison Transmission Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Leigh M. Rothschild. The '603 patent relates to transferring power from one portable/mobile device to another, especially when no outlet or charger is available. A “donor” device with remaining battery power charges a “receptor” device, such as a laptop charging a phone. It is currently asserted against Hyundai but has been asserted against Samsung, Google, Motorola Solutions, Belkin, and Nothing Technology in the past.

The contest will expire on August 31, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

$2,000 awarded for Gaea data storage patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Umesh Kumar and Joshua Beck, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 12,265,715, owned asserted by Gaea LLC, an NPE. The ‘715 patent relates to a data storage device that applies configurable, policy-based rules to how data is written and read. It has been asserted against Samsung and Meta.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

• US 9069703

• US 10289547

• Willow: A User-Programmable SSD

$2,000 for Mila image processing patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,924,296, owned and asserted by Mila US Inc., an NPE. The '296 patent relates to a hardware image-processing/display system that combines multiple image streams with low memory use, low power, and low latency. It has been asserted against NVIDIA.

The contest will expire on August 15, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for the contest. PATROLL researchers are required to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Submitted invalidity charts must address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 30 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.