PATROLL

$3,000 awarded for Cloud-Native Heroes Challenge - prior art found on Valtrus '686

Unified Patents and Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) are pleased to announce the winning prior art submissions in the Cloud Native Heroes Challenge, a patent troll bounty program. The results of this contest demonstrate the benefits of engaging open source developers and technologists with domain expertise in the fight against patent trolls.

We would like to thank the dozens of high-quality submissions that were made on this patent. The ongoing contests are open to anyone and offer 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.

Contest & Winning Submissions

Pankaj Kumar was awarded $3,000 for their prior art submission on U.S. Patent 7,904,686, owned and asserted by Valtrus Innovations Ltd., an NPE. The '686 patent describes a method and apparatus for enhancing data security within a file system. The invention addresses shortcomings in existing data security by offering an alternative to traditional encryption-decryption methods and online licensing checks, which can be time-consuming, confusing, or insufficient for preventing unauthorized file reconstruction. The patent has been asserted against Apache Hadoop implementations within applications owned or created by The Home Depot, NetApp, and FedEx.

WINNING PATENT SUBMISSIONS - DOWNLOAD WINNING CHART

Find more information on CNCF and the prior art challenges within the links below:

$4,000 for Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, cryptographic 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 Malikie Innovations Limited, an NPE and entity of Key Patent Innovations. The patents generally relate to cryptographic systems. The ‘062 patent has been asserted against Foundry Digital, Core Scientific, and MARA Holdings.

The contests will expire on March 31, 2026. 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 7020281 - Timing Attack Resistant Cryptographic System

US 8666062 - Performing Finite Field Calculations

$2,000 awarded for IP Investments Group entity, eComm Innovations, web layout patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Mani Manikandan, Ketan Sachdeva, and Guddu Yadav, who shared an award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 7,409,635, owned by eComm Innovations LLC, an NPE and entity of IP Investments Group. The '635 patent focuses on advancements in data processing, specifically aiming at improving layout and rendering techniques in web and print publishing.

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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$4,000 awarded for Vision Sphere Labs networking patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Vision Sphere Labs LLC, an NPE. The patents are currently asserted against Rubicon Communications, Fortinet, Airties, Bigleaf Networks, Adtran, Snap One, and Teltonika.

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 7769028 - Adaptive Throughput Data Management

Winners - Andrei Gilya & Ketan Sachdeva

Winning Submission: US 6496520; US 20020087716; US 6438135

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US 7990860 - Rule-Based Sequencing for Quality of Service

Winners - Ekta Aswal & Calvin Zhong

Winning Submissions: US 20060165090; US 6078953

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$3,000 for Ueran Technology communications patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $3,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of EP-2661133-B1, owned by Ueran Technology LLC, an NPE. The EP’133 patent details a radio communication system between a mobile station device and a base station. It introduces methods for the mobile device to transmit a random access preamble to the base station, receive a response with timing deviation information, and manage uplink sync status without relying on the timing deviation once sync is established.

The contest will expire on January 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.