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On September 23, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 7,337,650, owned by AutoBrilliance LLC, an NPE and Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘650 patent generally relates to aligning sensors on a vehicle. The patent has been asserted against Honda, GM, and Nissan.
The contest will expire on December 1, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
On September 23, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 6,920,494, owned by Focus Global Solutions, an NPE and Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘494 patent generally relates to a storage area network (SAN). The patent has been asserted against NetApp, Dell, VMware, Broadcom, and Oracle.
The contest will expire on November 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Ganesan Rajamanickam, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 9,674,132, owned by Linfo IP LLC, an NPE and subsidiary of Dynamic IP Deals, LLC. The '132 patent generally relates to a user interface for managing emails and other message communications and are disclosed as solutions for reducing confusion and avoiding mistakes in communications when replying to a message with multiple recipients.
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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On September 7, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 6,696,957, owned by Healthness, LLC, an NPE and Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The ‘957 patent generally relates a system and method for remotely ascertaining movement or non-movement of an individual in order to determine a possible emergency condition. The patent is being asserted against Oura, Adidas, Under Armour, and Garmin.
The contest will expire on November 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
On September 7, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on U.S. Patent 9,350,649, owned by Competitive Access Systems, an NPE. The ‘649 patent generally relates to a broadband communications device that combines all voice, data, and video communications. The patent is being asserted against Oracle.
The contest will expire on November 30, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
