$4,000 awarded for Transparent Wireless wireless patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Transparent Wireless Systems, LLC, an NPE. The '034 patent relates to a wireless parking payment and enforcement system for both street parking and closed garages. The '506 patent relates to smartphone-based access control for facilities, especially parking garages.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. 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.

US 9123034 - Wireless Parking Payment and Enforcement System

Winners - Andrei Gilya, Umesh Kumar

Winning Submission: US 20100268618, US 20120184298, US 20120130891, KR 10-2009-0019142 A / KR101430444B1

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US 10783506 - Access Control to Secure Facilities

Winners - Nisha Devi, Umesh Kumar

Winning Submission: US 20170046889, US 20120244875, US 9066327, US 9008917

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$4,000 for Sol IP MIMO patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned by the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) and asserted by Sol IP, LLC, an NPE. The patents relate to wireless data transmission in a multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO)/WLAN systems. They have been asserted against AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, Qualcomm, Volkswagen, and others.

The contests will expire on October 18, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. 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.

US 9900067 - Transmitting and Receiving Data in a MIMO System

US 10090894 - Transceiving Data in a MIMO System

$4,000 for CyboEnergy power inverters patents prior art

Unified Patents added two new PATROLL contests, each with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on the list below. The patents are owned and asserted by CyboEnergy, Inc., an NPE. The patents relate to smart and scalable power inverters. They have been asserted against Northern Electric Power Technology, Home Depot, Duracell, Yotta Energy, Deye Ess Technology, and others.

The contests will expire on October 17, 2026. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for these contests. 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.

US 9331488 - Smart and Scalable Power Inverters

US 9331489 - Solar Power Mini-inverters

$2,000 for GridScale Solutions distributed inverter 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 8,842,454, owned and asserted by GridScale Solutions, LLC, an NPE and entity of PowerBridge Networks, LLC. The '454 patent relates to a distributed photovoltaic inverter architecture. It describes many small inverters, each connected to a respective DC source such as a PV cell or cell group, that collectively supply AC power to a load or grid.

The contest will expire on October 9, 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.