PATROLL

$2,000 for KEEEX digital fingerprint 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 10,218,714, owned by KEEEX, an NPE. The '714 patent pertains to methods for verifying the integrity of digital data blocks and accessing them. Specifically, it describes a process that includes searching for a digital fingerprint within a data block, calculating a digital fingerprint by applying a specific function that excludes the bits of any found fingerprint, and verifying the authenticity by comparing the found fingerprint with the calculated one.

The contest will expire on April 12, 2025. Please visit PATROLL for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.

Texas Secure Authentication network patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 7,873,682, owned and asserted by Texas Secure Authentication LLC, an NPE. The ‘682 patent relates to a system and method to enhance information utility and intelligence on digital networks. It features the creation and manipulation of information containers with dynamic registers. The patent had been asserted against First National Bank of Central Texas, Frost Bank, Guaranty Bank & Trust, WatchGuard Technologies, Eagle Eye Network, and Fifth Third Bank.

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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IngenioSpec eyeware patent prior art found

Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S. Patent 12,078,870, owned by IngenioSpec LLC, an NPE. The ‘870 patent generally relates to eyewear designed to support electrical components, enhancing the functionality of traditional eyeglasses with technological advancements.

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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$6,000 awarded for Avant Location Technologies mobile station patents prior art

Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winners below totaling $6,000 in cash prizes. The patents are owned by Avant Location Technologies LLC, an NPE and entity of Anjay Venture Partners LLC. The patents generally relate to methods for monitoring the presence of a mobile station. The patents have all been asserted against Apple, Fibar Group, Nice Group, Samsung, and Generac Holdings.

We would also like to thank the dozens of other high-quality submissions that were made on these patents. 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 9119030 - claim 1

Winners - Nisha Devi & Calvin Zhong

Winning Submissions: US 6980814; US 20160007149; US 6628938

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US 9485621 - claim 1

Winners - Ekta Aswal & S P Ragupathy

Winning Submissions: US 20060105758; US 6381457; US 20060234722; US 9609475

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US 9622032 - claim 1

Winners - Nisha Devi, S P Ragupathy, & Sachin Srivastava

Winning Submissions: US 6980814; US 9198153; US 6954630

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Use AI to submit PATROLL Claim Charts for FREE

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PATROLL contestants can now use Pearl, Unified Patents’ AI-based tool, to create invalidity claim charts faster and more efficiently than if they were creating them by hand. 

Pearl can use prior art from patents, standards documents, product descriptions, scientific literature, or non-patent literature, and maps these references, including the citations, to each patent limitation in a table format that can be exported into Word, PDF, Excel or CSV format. 

Going forward, PATROLL researchers will be required to submit invalidity charts that address every limitation of the challenged claim. This may require using more than one prior art reference.

PATROLL researchers are therefore strongly encouraged to use Pearl to generate claim charts. Each PATROLL researcher can generate up to 10 invalidity claim charts per month using Pearl. These charts can be downloaded then submitted to PATROLL.

Visit Unified’s website for more information on how to use Pearl. Visit our Help Center on how to become a PATROLL researcher.