PATROLL

$2,000 for Safety Direct loss prevention patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 10,115,292, owned by Safety Direct, LLC, an NPE. The ‘292 patent generally relates to a device, where if the mobile device or important small item is removed beyond a user-defined distance, a visual and noise alarm will activate, thus immediately letting the owner and others know that a theft has occurred. The ‘292 patent has been asserted against Samsung, Apple, Alphabet, Zepp, and Tesla.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 awarded for Flick Intelligence information sharing patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Vibhor Dimri, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 9,465,451, owned by Flick Intelligence, LLC, an NPE. The ‘451 patent generally relates to a computer program product for displaying additional information about a displayed point of interest. The patent had been asserted against Magic Leap, Google, Apple, and Niantic.

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 Third Iris video surveillance patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,558,888, owned by Third Iris Corp, an NPE. The patent generally relates to a video surveillance terminal that avoids network congestion. The ‘888 patent has been asserted against companies such as ADT, Vivint, and Google.

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 Fortress entity, Entropic Communications, signal 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 11,399,206, owned by Entropic Communications, an NPE and Fortress IP subsidiary. The ‘206 patent generally relates to a wideband receiver system comprises a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module and a digital frontend (DFE) module. It has been asserted against Charter, Comcast, and Cox Communications.

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 Technology In Ariscale wireless patent prior art

A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claims 1 and 14 of U.S. Patent 8,139,652, owned by Technology In Ariscale, LLC, an NPE. The ‘652 patent generally relates to a method of decoding wireless transmission signals involving deinterleaving and mutually combining the repeated symbols. It has been asserted against Razer USA. Infringement against Razer is based on compliance with IEEE 802.11ac.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2023. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.