On September 23, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 6,978,301, owned by Focus Global Solutions, an NPE and Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘301 patent generally relates to a system and method for communicating with network devices without regard to the device type and/or manufacturer. The patent has been asserted against Lenovo, Juniper Networks, Cisco, HP, Extreme Networks, and Solarwinds.

The contest will expire on November 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.