Winners

$2,000 awarded for Lab Technology communication patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Dinesh Swami and Mani Manikandan, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,503,973, asserted by Lab Technology, LLC, an NPE. The ‘973 patent relates to methods and systems for accurately determining the location of a caller during an emergency call. It has been asserted against Cisco, Microsoft, Stryker, Samsung, and Verizon.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

$2,000 awarded for Querytron Heggem search patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Nisha Devi and Calvin Zhong, who shared a cash reward of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,849,707, asserted by Querytron Heggem LLC, an NPE and entity of Eric Zautner. The ‘707 patent relates generally to search engines and, more specifically, to methods for business-oriented search. It has been asserted against Alibaba, Fiverr, and Redfin Corp.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS

$4,000 awarded for Lab Technology communication patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $4,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Lab Technology, LLC, an NPE. The patents generally relate to communication systems for mobile phones. The ‘982 patent had been asserted against Samsung, HTC, LG, Verizon, and Lyft. The ‘032 patent had been asserted against Verizon and Samsung.

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.

US 9,219,982 - Refreshing a Telephone Display

Winners - Ketan Sachdeva & Nitish Jaswal

Winning Submissions: US 7283846; US 20070282526

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US 8,515,032 - Voice Message System

Winner - Ketan Sachdeva

Winning Submissions: US 7966372

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$2,000 awarded for Analytical Technologies customer service patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Vibhor Dimri and Ira Heffan, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,799,083, owned by Analytical Technologies, LLC, an NPE. The ‘083 patent relates to restaurant customer service management systems and methods. It has been asserted against Dairy Queen, Raising Canes, Denny's, Starbucks, Chick-Fil-A, Five Guys, and others.

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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$2,000 awarded for Longhorn Automotive lens system patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal, Mani Manikandan, and Devinder Kumar, who split a cash award of $2,000 for their prior art submissions on U.S. Patent 8,810,803, owned by Longhorn Automotive Group, LLC, an entity of Alpha Alpha Intellectual Partners LLC. The ‘803 patent generally relates to a lens system that might be used by an illuminator in an interactive display system. The patent had been asserted against Nissan, Kia, Hyundai, and Volvo.

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.

WINNING SUBMISSIONS