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$2,000 awarded for AutoConnect vehicle patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Tanya Chauhan, who was awarded $2,000 for her prior art submission on U.S. Patent 8,793,034, owned by AutoConnect Holdings LLC, an NPE. The ‘034 patent focuses on methods for automatically determining the presence of a person within the vehicle, identifying them, and storing personal settings. It has been asserted against Toyota.

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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