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.

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$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.

$2,000 awarded for AIIA 3D imaging patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Umesh Kumar and Guddu Yadav, who split an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on claim 17 of U.S. Patent 10,979,693, owned by the Artificial Intelligence Imaging Association Inc., an NPE and entity of R. Hewen & Co., LLC. The '693 patent relates to a stereoscopic imaging device for capturing 3D images and video with a wide field of view. The disclosed system is designed to support virtual reality use by immersing a user in a simulated environment created from the captured 3D content. The patent has been in a complaint seeking declaratory judgments of noninfringement, invalidity, and unenforceability filed by Plus One Robotics.

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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$2,000 for Mare Infinitus Tech semiconductor 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 9,275,982, owned and asserted by Mare Infinitus Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of IPValuation Partners, LLC. The '982 patent relates to semiconductor package structures and methods for forming interconnects between stacked semiconductor devices. It has been asserted against Samsung.

The contest will expire on August 8, 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 MTEKVision vehicle recording 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 8,423,235, owned by MTEKVision Co. Ltd., an NPE. The '235 patent relates to a vehicle video recording device—essentially an advanced car black box—that records video and also gathers driving-related data.

The contest will expire on July 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.