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PATROLL aims to shatter records in 2022

PATROLL, Unified Patents’ only Crowd Sourced Prior Art platform, has hit numerous milestones since being launched in 2018. So far in 2022, there have been 81 contests announced, versus 42 in 2021, and currently 34 active contests with $68,000 in total prizes. We are extremely happy to announce that over the last month, 29 contests have ended with over 170 total submissions, and nearly $30,000 paid to winning submissions. That averages nearly 6 submissions per contest. 

Remarkably, 2022 has seen over 340 total submissions, only 83 shy of the 2021 record high total of 425.

With almost 60 contests in the final stages of review, it is expected that PATROLL will shatter every record in terms of total contests, total submissions per contest, and total prizes awarded in a calendar year. This would not be possible without the research and due diligence of our prior art vendors and the dozens and dozens of prior art searchers across the globe.

$2,000 for Fare Technologies prior art

On May 3, 2022, 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 RE46727, owned by Fare Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The '727 patent generally relates to a taxi trip meter system that includes a taximeter and a location sensor connected to a computer loaded with street information and driver evaluation software. It has been asserted against Lyft and Uber.

The contest will expire on August 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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Prior art found on D3D Technologies patent

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 10,795,457. The patent is owned by D3D Technologies, an NPE. The '457 patent generally relates to an interactive 3D cursor facilitates selection and manipulation of a three-dimensional volume from any three-dimensional image. The ‘457 patent has been asserted against Microsoft.

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 awarded for Acacia subsidiary prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Vibhor Dimri and Nikko Quevada, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 7,224,678. The patent is owned by Stingray IP Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Acacia Research Group, an NPE.

The '678 patent generally relates to wireless LAN with intrusion detection features. It has been asserted against TP-Link Technologies, Signify, and Samsung in the Eastern District of Texas.

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 awarded for Forrester '295 prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Preeti Dua, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for her prior art submission for U.S. Patent 9,245,295. The '295 patent generally relates to a call-to-action lockout on a mobile device coupled to a data network. The invention has been developed primarily for controlling responses while experiencing media content on mobile electronic devices.

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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