$2,000 for IP Edge sub, Tranquility IP, prior art

On October 13, 2022, a new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added seeking prior art on at least claim 9 of U.S. Patent 8,272,037, owned and asserted by Tranquility IP, an NPE and entity of IP Edge. The patent generally relates to improving the control of access by a terminal device in a WLAN environment. The ‘037 patent has been asserted against companies such as NetApp, Belden, and Cambium Networks.

The contest will expire on December 31, 2022. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

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$2,000 awarded for Guzik '220 RF Circuitry patent prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Robert Dickerman, who was awarded a cash prize of $2,000 for his prior art submission for U.S. Patent 7,221,220. The patent is owned by Guzik Technical Enterprises, an NPE. The '220 patent generally relates to a method for low-frequency bypassing in broadband RF circuitry.

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 SUBMISSION

• “Amplifying Devices and Low-Pass Amplifier Design” (“Cherry”)

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$2,000 awarded for Dominion Harbor sub, Redwood Technologies '961 WLAN patent, prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Mani Manikandan, who split a cash prize of $2,000 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 10,511,961, owned by Redwood Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion Harbor Group. The ‘961 patent generally relates to wireless LAN inter-working.

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 SUBMISSION

• US 20040088385

• US 6275693

$2,250 awarded for Ollnova '495 prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners, Ekta Aswal and Ketan Sachdeva, who split a cash prize of $2,250 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 7,860,495, owned by Ollnova Technologies Limited, an NPE and Magnetar Capital subsidiary. The '495 patent relates to wireless building control architecture and had been asserted against Google, Ecobee, and Resideo.

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 SUBMISSION

• US 6523696

• US 20020019725

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$1,500 awarded for Dominion Harbor sub, Redwood Technologies '834, prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Mani Manikandan, who was awarded a cash prize of $1,500 for their prior art submissions for U.S. Patent 9,590,834, owned by Redwood Technologies, LLC, an NPE and entity of the Dominion Harbor Group. The ‘834 patent generally relates to radio communications.

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 SUBMISSION

• US 6944119

• US 5771224

• JPH 07143098

• “Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access Peak-to-Average Power Ratio Reduction using Optimized Pilot Symbols” (“Zhang”)