$1,500 Awarded for Semcon IP prior art
Unified is pleased to announce the PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Chris Schmidt, who received a cash prize of $1,500 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 7,100,061, owned by Semcon IP, an NPE. The '061 patent generally relates to methods and apparatuses for controlling the power used by a computer, and specifically, the adjustment of the clock frequency and voltage supply to a processor to conserve processor power and extend battery life.
To help the industry fight bad patents, we have published the winning prior art below.
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.