New Contest

$2,000 for Ascend Innovation entity, Accessify, communications patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 7,197,640, owned by Accessify LLC, an NPE and entity of Ascend Innovation Management, LLC. The '640 patent relates generally to the use of identification codes in the handling and management of communications.

The contest will expire on February 15, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Granite Vehicle self-driving patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 12,037,004, owned and asserted by Granite Vehicle Ventures LLC, an NPE. The ‘004 patent relates to the field of vehicles, and specifically to the field of self-driving vehicles. It has been asserted against Tesla.

The contest will expire on February 8, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for ShopSee interactive video patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 18 of U.S. Patent 11,134,316, owned and asserted by ShopSee Inc., an NPE. The ‘316 patent relates to video processing technology, and more particularly, relates to a method and apparatus for providing one or more interactive video layers with video media. The patent has been asserted against TikTok.

The contest will expire on February 8, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Morris Routing network patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S. Patent 12,058,042, owned by Morris Routing Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘042 patent relates to routing methods, systems, and computer program products to improve network path protocol address identification and management. It has been asserted against Verizon, Samsung, T-Mobile, and AT&T.

The contest will expire on January 21, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

$2,000 for Eric Zautner entity, Peregrine Data, automotive patent prior art

Unified Patents added a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, seeking prior art on at least claim 2 of U.S. Patent 8,319,619, owned by Peregrine Data LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The patent relates to efficiency of legal proceedings relating to vehicular incidents and to automobile security. The patent has been asserted against Solera Holdings and Lytx Inc.

The contest will expire on January 21, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.