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$2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, camera battery patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,187,858, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘858 patent generally relates to a camera for use with a power supply. The patent had been asserted against Kyocera and HMD Global.

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 Fractus antenna patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ramesh Varadharaj, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,456,365, owned by Fractus, SA, an NPE. The ‘365 patent generally relates to an antenna for use in mobile communication devices and has been asserted against ADT.

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 Dominion Harbor entity, Monument Peak Ventures, imaging patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Dinesh Swamy, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,233,684, owned by Monument Peak Ventures, an NPE and Dominion Harbor entity. The ‘684 patent generally relates to imaging methods that use affective information. The patent had been asserted against Acer and Hitachi.

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 Douglas G. Richardson animation patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Vibhor Dimri, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,035,644, owned by Douglas G. Richardson. The patent was formerly owned by Cine Graphic Solutions, an NPE and a subsidiary of Strategic Intellectual Solutions, LLC. The ‘644 patent generally relates to providing animation in electronic communications, such as emails and websites and had been asserted against Motorola, Samsung, and Fujifilm.

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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Fortress IP entity Neo Wireless '366 cellular patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 8,467,366, owned by Neo Wireless, LLC, an NPE and Fortress IP entity. The ‘366 patent generally relates to a method and apparatus in a multi-carrier cellular wireless network with random access to improve receiving reliability and reduce interference of uplink signals of a random access, while improving the detection performance of a base station receiver by employing specifically configured ranging signals. The patent has been asserted against several automotive companies such as Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Tesla, GM, Toyota, Honda, and Ford.

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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